§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Paymaster General when the first set of unemployment figures will be published which will include the self-employed in the base formula; and if he will recalculate the overall unemployment percentage figure for January on this basis.
§ Mr. LangIt is intended to publish an additional unemployment rate, taking account of the self-employed and the armed forces in the calculation, from next June. Figures cannot at present be calculated retrospectively but a revised series of figures on the new basis will be issued with the new rates.