§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the numbers of (a) men and (b) women registered as unemployed for each of the last 10 years for the month of October; if he will show what percentage of the work force registered as unemployed the two categories represented in each case; and if he will show the percentage increase or decrease for each year.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 3 December 1980]: The following table gives for the United Kingdom the numbers registered as unemployed and the percentage rates of unemployment at the dates specified. It also gives the yearly percentage changes in the numbers unemployed.
understanding that this is without commitment either to a permanent project or to widening the authorisation to other areas at a later stage.