§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been (a) the increase or decrease in the number of those unemployed by standard industrial classification order in the latest available year in Great Britain, and (b) the increase in average earnings by standard classification order in the same year; and if he will evaluate the rank correlation coefficient between (a) and (b) and its level of significance.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information necessary to calculate these figures is readily available and can be found in the EmploymentGazette, copies of which are available in the Library. The unemployment figures for
Unemployed for over 52 weeks Males All (males and females) Age Number As a percentage of total for all ages Number As a percentage of total for all ages Under 18 4,594 0.7 8,046 1.0 18 11,495 1.7 18,549 2.2 19 23,560 3.5 35,839 4.3 20–24 108,111 16.1 149,364 17.8 25–29 81,773 12.2 102,840 12.2 30–34 71,121 10.6 84,826 10.1 35–44 104,290 15.6 125,338 14.9 45–49 47,216 7.0 59,930 7.1 50–54 53,568 8.0 69,941 8.3 55–59 67,045 10.0 87,173 10.4 60 and over 97,349 14.5 98,404 11.7 Total, all ages 670,122 100.0 840,250 100.0