§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the figures, by region, of the numbers of qualified nurses who are at present registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices at 11 March for employment as State registered nurses, State enrolled nurses or State certified midwives.
Regions Total South East 1,322 East Anglia 190 South West 658 West Midlands 696 East Midlands 396 Yorkshire and Humberside 664 North West 1,040 North 543 Wales 545 Scotland 885 Northern Ireland 512
Labour force estimates in 1951 and 1979 Great Britain Millions April 1951* June 1979† Males Females Males Females Employees in employment‡ —full-time 13.9 5.7 13.4 5.6 —part-time — 0.8 3.8 Self-employed 1.3 0.3 1.5 0.4 — — — — Employed labour force 15.3 6.8 14.8 9.7 Registered unemployed 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.4 Unregistered unemployed 0.1 0.3 — — — — Total labour force 15.6 7.0 15.8 10.3 (*) source: 1951 Census on Population. (†) Sources: The Department's monthly and quarterly statistics of registered unemployment and of the employed labour force, the EC labour force survey, and the general household survey. (‡) Includes Her Majesty's Forces.