§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the Central Statistical Office's special index of unemployment for the period since its inception.
§ Mr. John MooreThe CSO index of unemployment has been constructed solely for use in compiling cyclical indicators of the United Kingdom economy. It is an indicator of change in the number of unemployed claimants, which allows for the estimated effects of the changes in benefit regulations relating to older men in December 1981 and following the 1983 Budget. These effects were published month by month in theDepartment of Employment Gazette and the monthly press notices.
The index (representing seasonally adjusted unemployment in the United kingdom, excluding school leavers and adult students, and based on average 1980=100) is available to subscribers to the Central Statistical Office's computerised central databank, including the Library of the House of Commons. I will arrange for the hon. Member to be sent a copy of the index series.
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Date Observation 1957 January 19.9422 February 21.0468 March 20.9962 April 20.8885 May 20.8700 June 19.8288 July 19.3496 August 19.6712 September 19.8416 October 18.9203 November 20.3023 December 21.3684 1958 January 21.8669 February 23.3302 March 25.0338 April 26.7054 May 27.6203 June 28.7434 July 29.1093 August 29.2861 September 30.6296 October 31.4497 November 31.9040 December 31.2671 1959 January 31.4818 February 31.2037 March 30.1754 April 30.6232 May 30.5982 June 29.7211 July 29.6206 August 29.0965
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Date Observation September 28.6172 October 28.2258 November 27.5697 December 26.6740 1960 January 25.3369 February 24.7058 March 24.4341 April 24.1823 May 23.2860 June 23.2482 July 22.8824 August 22.5415 September 22.0245 October 21.8541 November 21.8348 December 21.4440 1961 January 20.8008 February 20.0371 March 20.1306 April 20.8193 May 20.3087 June 20.5355 July 20.8507 August 21.7407 September 21.8034 October 22.9266 November 23.3558 December 23.6461 1962 January 24.1881 February 23.9363 March 25.2485 April 26.6234 May 27.3807 June 28.6422 July 29.9230 August 30.5226 September 30.9327 October 31.8790 November 32.8189 December 33.8850 1963 January 35.7526 February 37.1782 March 37.8663 April 35.7526 May 35.0274 June 34.7371 July 33.7588 August 33.2353 September 32.6363 October 31.4247 November 30.1818 December 29.3745 1964 January 27.7337 February 26.1819 March 25.3426 April 25.7469 May 25.6329 June 25.0780 July 24.9326 August 24.6744 September 24.1881 October 23.3302 November 22.2013 December 21.4248 1965 January 20.7815
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Date Observation February 20.7188 March 21.3492 April 20.4785 May 21.6330 June 21.8790 July 22.2135 August 22.2833 September 22.2833 October 21.3306 November 20.5163 December 20.2325 1966 January 19.2170 February 18.8953 March 19.0594 April 19.1036 May 19.7218 June 20.7059 July 21.3114 August 21.7592 September 23.5827 October 25.5067 November 28.6236 December 29.9166 1967 January 31.5003 February 32.7119 March 33.3865 April 34.0618 May 34.5225 June 34.5033 July 34.9454 August 35.3676 September 35.6456 October 35.6578 November 36.0807 December 36.0051 1968 January 36.1435 February 36.3959 March 36.0365 April 36.2889 May 36.7809 June 36.8758 July 36.5663 August 36.4215 September 36.1377 October 36.2639 November 35.8917 December 35.2734 1969 January 35.3298 February 35.4182 March 35.6706 April 35.1344 May 35.0331 June 35.2984 July 35.4374 August 35.7776 September 36.0429 October 36.3773 November 36.4529 December 36.9892 1970 January 36.8187 February 36.9200 March 37.3422 April 37.6324 May 37.6074 June 37.9041 July 38.1059 August 38.2699
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Date Observation September 38.4717 October 38.5915 November 38.7492 December 39.5250 1971 January 40.7609 February 42.3755 March 43.8299 April 45.5021 May 48.2506 June 49.0964 July 49.7370 August 50.2752 September 51.4477 October 53.5300 November 55.6891 December 56.8680 1972 January 56.7398 February 57.9764 March 58.7324 April 58.3095 May 55.9197 June 54.1835 July 53.4659 August 52.6138 September 52.4920 October 50.2299 November 50.1215 December 48.6799 1973 January 46.4823 February 44.5026 March 43.3045 April 42.1128 May 40.9531 June 40.3060 July 38.5634 August 37.2756 September 35.7123 October 34.5782 November 33.4314 December 32.6433 1974 January 35.9173 February 37.3845 March 37.8586 April 38.0444 May 37.6023 June 38.5762 July 38.4608 August 39.7679 September 40.3701 October 40.9019 November 41.5170 December 43.1828 1975 January 45.1176 February 47.0397 March 49.2822 April 52.0371 May 55.2086 June 57.9956 July 60.7378 August 62.7303 September 65.1009 October 68.9130 November 71.5206 December 73.9040 1976 January 75.5762
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Date Observation February 77.3766 March 78.2671 April 79.0808 May 80.1187 June 80.2148 July 80.6954 August 81.6564 September 81.7845 October 81.4194 November 81.9447 December 82.2202 1977 January 82.6367 February 82.8032 March 82.9506 April 83.3542 May 83.3478 June 85.2315 July 86.4552 August 86.7179 September 88.0121 October 87.9160 November 87.8519 December 87.5956 1978 January 86.9293 February 86.2374 March 86.0964 April 85.6864 May 85.1610 June 84.9688 July 84.5587 August 84.9047 September 83.9821 October 83.0916 November 81.7013 December 80.8555 1979 January 81.4450 February 82.8929 March 82.6046 April 80.3045 May 80.3110 June 78.9783 July 78.6131 August 77.7738 September 77.6393 October 78.3120 November 77.8955 December 78.4337 1980 January 80.0483 February 82.6303 March 84.6484 April 87.6149 May 90.5621 June 94.1051 July 98.3593 August 104.5164 September 109.7572 October 115.7541 November 122.9427 December 129.0613 1981 January 134.1613 February 138.7742 March 143.3936 April 147.4300 May 151.7163 June 154.8813 July 158.6678 August 161.0832
Date Observation September 163.6716 October 165.4784 November 167.5734 December 169.7838 1982 January 172.7630 February 173.6152 March 174.1341 April 175.8768 May 177.4593 June 179.5672 July 182.2005 August 183.3922 September 185.5705 October 186.7878 November 188.0756 December 190.8498 1983 January 193.0218 February 194.1686 March 195.7768 April 197.3657 May 198.8393 June 200.5499 July 201.1778 August 200.7101 September 201.4918