HC Deb 23 January 1979 vol 961 cc71-2W
16. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the level of unemployment at the most recent count; and what was the comparable figure in the same month in 1974.

Mr. Booth

At 11 January, 1,391,220 people were registered as unemployed in Great Britain compared with 597,691 in January 1974.