HC Deb 10 April 1978 vol 947 c304W
Mr. Tim Renton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers unemployed, using national definitions, in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, France, and West Germany in the following months; March 1974, August 1977, and at the latest available date.

Mr. Golding

The numbers unemployed, seasonally adjusted, using national definitions, which are not comparable owing to differences in concept, coverage and method of compilation, are given below:

family circumstances. In 1976 retail prices were about seven and a half times the 1938 levels.