asked the Secretary of State for Employment in how many months between October 1964 and June 1970 unemployment was over 700,000 in Great Britain, and in how many months since.

Since June 1970 there have been 23 months—all between March 1971 and February 1973—in which the number unemployed on the day of the count was over 700,000. Between October 1964 and June 1970 there were no occasions on which this occurred.