HL Deb 10 July 1981 vol 422 cc991-2WA
Baroness Seear

asked Her Majesty's Government:

For each quarter since January 1976, how many unemployed people were placed in work by the Employment Service, and what percentages these represent of those unemployed leaving the register during the same periods.

The Earl of Gowrie

The information is as in the table below:—

GREAT BRITAIN
Quarter Ending Unemployed Placings Unemployed leaving Register Percentage
March 1976 249,683 1,065,907 23.4
June 1976 318,741 1,275,769 25.0
September 1976 354,975 1,198,151 29.6
December 1976 No statistics because of industrial action
March 1977
June 1977 373,088 1,188,434 31.4
September 1977 387,276 1,227,981 31.5
December 1977 389,812 1,346,859 28.9
March 1978 327,858 1,068,872 30.6
June 1978 412,186 1,237,197 33.3
September 1978 480,303 1,374,750 34.9
December 1978 408,308 1,271,344 32.1
March 1979 329,664 1,031,075 32.0
June 1979 455,638 1,331,856 34.2
September 1979 460,854 1,284,156 35.9
December 1979 408,544 1,231,206 33.2
March 1980 357,754 1,135,342 31.5
June 1980 389,565 1,244,846 31.3
September 1980 371,443 1,262,535 29.4
December 1980 333,010 1,342,131 24.8
March 1981 285,056 1,013,996 28.1

House adjourned at twenty-three minutes after three o'clock.