§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the numbers of (a) men and (b) women 49W workers who exhausted their right to unemployment benefit for each year since 1948; and if he will present these data as a percentage of the registered unemployed.
Registered unemployed*† (Thousands) Benefit exhausted† (Thousands) Columns (4)—(6) as a percentage of columns (1)—(3)respectively Year (November unless month stated) All persons Male Female All persons Male Female All persons Male Female (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1959 … … 434 315 119 66 58 8 15.2 18.4 6.7 1960 … … 352 253 98 61 54 7 17.3 21.3 7.1 1961 … … 383 282 101 54 48 7 14.1 17.0 6.9 1962 … … 544 408 136 65 57 7 11.9 14.0 5.1 1963 … … 477 354 123 83 74 9 17.4 209 73 1964 … … 350 261 90 71 63 8 20.3 24.1 8.9 1965 … … 325 248 77 58 51 6 17.8 20.6 7.8 1966 … … 485 387 98 54 48 6 11.1 12.4 6.1 1967 … … 569 464 104 86 79 8 15.1 17.0 7.7 1968 … … 556 467 88 109 101 8 19.6 21.6 9.1 1969 … … 559 472 87 120 112 8 21.5 23.7 9.2 1970 … … 596 502 94 129 120 9 21.6 23.9 9.6 1971 … … 860 722 138 165 154 11 19.2 21.3 8.0 1972 … … 789 654 136 211 196 15 26.7 30.0 11.0 1973 … … 509 429 80 163 151 12 32.0 35.2 15.0 1974 … … 618 521 97 145 135 10 23.5 25.9 10.3 1975 … … 1,079 859 220 173 160 13 16.0 18.6 5.9 1976 (May) … 1,200 952 248 221 202 19 18.4 21.2 7.7 1977 … … 1,348 985 362 307 270 37 22.8 27.4 10.2 1978 … … 1,209 879 331 337 293 45 27.9 33.3 13.6 1979 (May) … 1,106 817 288 332 288 45 30.0 35.3 15.6 Source: 100 per cent. count on a day in November each year except 1976 and 1979 when the figures given refer to May—no count was made in November 1976 due to figures for November 1979 are not yet available. * From 1959 to1977 the count included both claimants; and non-claimants. From November1978 only persons claiming unemployment benefit or credits were included. † The sum of individual columns may not agree with the totals because of rounding.