§ 19. Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the rise in unemployment in the United Kingdom since May 1979.
§ Mr. PriorBetween May 1979 and November 1980 the increase in the numbers registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers, was 722,100.
§ 37. Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the current level of unemployment.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt 13 November 1980 the number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 2,162,874 compared with 1,355,203 at 8 November 1979.
§ Mr. Archie Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in employment in each year since 1945, subdivided between men and women, part-timers and full-timers.
§ Mr. Jim LesterComprehensive estimates of the numbers of all male and female employees in employment 327W are available from mid-1948 to 1980 and of full-time and part-time employees from mid-1971 to 1977. The following table gives the available information for Great Britain.
Thousand Male Female Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Mid-year 1948 — — 13,273 — — 6,721 1949 — — 13,341 — — 6,723 1950 — — 13,447 — — 6,871 1951 — — 13,490 — — 7,036 1952 — — 13,499 — — 6,990 1953 — — 13,526 — — 7,083 1954 — — 13,678 — — 7,282 1955 — — 13,810 — — 7,448 1956 — — 13,966 — — 7,551 1957 — — 14,017 — — 7,593 1958 — — 13,948 — — 7,502 1959(a) — — 13,984 — — 7,581 1959(b) — — 13,824 — — 7,159 1960 — — 14,031 — — 7,418 1961 — — 14,202 — — 7,586 1962 — — 14,309 — — 7,697 1963 — — 14,330 — — 7,731 1964 — — 14,460 — — 7,902 1965 — — 14,565 — — 8,055 1966 — — 14,551 — — 8,237 1967 — — 14,214 — — 8,133 1968 — — 14,013 — — 8,173 1969 — — 13,891 — — 8,257 1970 — — 13,706 — — 8,287 1971 12,840 584 13,424 5,468 2,757 8,224 1972 12,719 600 13,319 5,454 2,377 8,331 1973 12,813 665 13,478 5,542 3,163 8,705 1974 12,675 689 13,363 5,512 3,421 8,933 1975 12,542 697 13,240 5,422 3,551 8,973 1976 12,398 699 13,097 5,366 3,585 8,951 1977 12,395 681 13,076 5,433 3,617 9,050 1978 — — 13,043 — — 9,120 1979 — — 13,036 — — 9,276 1980 — — 12,765 — — 9,141 Notes
1. Estimates from 1948 to 1959(a) are based on mid-year counts of national insurance cards.
2. Figures from 1971 to 1977 are from censuses of employment. Those from 1959(b) to 1970, taken from the continuous series of employment estimates, are comparable with the census figures and take account of discontinuities present in earlier data.
3. Figures for 1978, 1979 and 1980 are from the quarterly series of provisional employment estimates which does not distinguish full-time from part-time employees.