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47.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage increases in employment and unemployment in EEC countries between 1974 and the latest available date.
Mr. Golding
Information to the latest available dates is given in the following table:
| Percentage change in civilian employment between 1974 and 1977 | Percentage increase in the number of registered unemployed between September 1974 and September 1978 | |
| Denmark | +2·5 | 185 |
| Italy | +2·2 | 48 |
| Netherlands | -0·5 | 63 |
| United Kingdom | -0·7 | 134 |
| France | -1·0 | 140 |
| Luxembourg | -2·0 | 1,377 |
| Belgium | -2·4 | 154 |
| Ireland | -3·2 | 34 |
| Germany | -4·7 | 55 |
Source:Statistical Office of the European Communities.