HC Deb 15 December 1978 vol 960 cc418-20W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving for the second and third quarters of 1978, if available, the latest unemployment figures for each present member State of the EEC, the United States of America and Japan on the same basis as in his answer, Official Report, 24th July, columns 573–6.

Mr. Golding:

The unemployment percentage rates are given below:

Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom Ireland Denmark United States of America Japan
1978–
2nd quarter … … 3.6 4.8 6.8 3.9 7.7 0.7 5.5 8.9 6.2 5.8 2.2
3rd quarter … … 3.5 5.4 6.8 4.4 8.9 0.8 6.0 8.4 6.1 5.9 2.2
Source
Statistics I Office of the European Communities, OECD Main Economic Indicators and reports from embassies.