asked the Secretary of State for Employment, if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for both the United Kingdom as a whole and for Great Britain the total number unemployed, the seasonally adjusted number of unemployed and the number of school leavers unemployed at each of the following dates: (a) July 1945, (b) February 1950, (c) October 1951, (d) May 1955, (e) October 1959, (f) October 1964, (g) March 1966, (h) June 1970, (i) February 1974, (j) October 1974, and (k) at the latest available date.
Following is the information available:
| Thousands | |||||||
| Numbers unemployed | |||||||
| United Kingdom | Great Britain | ||||||
| Total | School leavers included in total | Seasonally adjusted excluding school leavers | Total | School leavers included in total | Seasonally adjusted excluding school leavers | ||
| February 1950 | … | 392·8 | 2·9 | 329·6 | 362·6 | 2·7 | 305·5 |
| October 1951 | … | 257·9 | 3·1 | 261·5 | 234·5 | 2·6 | 234·0 |
| May 1955 | … | 229·0 | 2·2 | 233·7 | 198·8 | 1·8 | 203·5 |
| October 1959 | … | 439·9 | 8·5 | 447·4 | 407·5 | 8·1 | 411·4 |
| October 1964 | … | 368·5 | 8·3 | 369·8 | 340·3 | 8·1 | 338·6 |
| March 1966 | … | 335·5 | 1·4 | 302·1 | 306·5 | 1·2 | 275·0 |
| June 1970 | … | 555·3 | 3·1 | 600·8 | 523·6 | 2·6 | 567·6 |
| February 1974 | … | 628·8 | 3·4 | 577·7 | 599·2 | 3·1 | 549·8 |
| October 1974 | … | 640·8 | 15·1 | 638·1 | 610·3 | 13·4 | 608·4 |
| October 1977 | … | 1,518·3 | 98·6 | 1,433·4 | 1,456·6 | 92·6 | 1,377·1 |
| Comparable information is not available for July 1945. | |||||||
asked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each year since 1973, what was the total number of males and females registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom.
In the following table the annual figures shown for the United Kingdom are averages of the monthly counts of the numbers registered as unemployed:
| Males | (Thousands) Females | |
| 1973 | 515·2 | 103·6 |
| 1974 | 513·8 | 101·4 |
| 1975 | 777·1 | 200·5 |
| 1976 | 1,025·1 | 332·6 |
| 1977 (January to October) | 1,070·7 | 411·6 |