§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were out of work at the end of December for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers registered as unemployed are counted on a selected day in each month, currently the second Thursday. Following is the information available for Great Britain.
Because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment group, figures are not available for December 1974 and are estimated for December 1976.
December 1968 540,015 December 1969 565,512 December 1970 604,286 December 1971 867,588 December 1972 743,099 December 1973 484,296 December 1975 1,152,499 December 1976 (estimated) 1,316,000 December 1977 1,419,726