§ 47. Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list official forecasts issued since March 1974 of employment and unemployment and state his policy on such forecasts.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettAlthough the amount of official economic forecasting material which is published has been greatly widened since March 1974, I have adhered to the practice of previous Governments in not publishing numerical estimates of employment and unemployment.
§ 48. Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people he expects to be in work at the end of 1978.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettTotal employees in employment rose by nearly 100,000 in the 12 months to September 1977. It is not the practice to publish forecasts of employment.