asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing registered unemployment as a percentage of the civilian working population for each
| Germany | France | Italy | Netherlands | Belgium | Luxembourg | United Kingdom | Ireland | Denmark | ||
| 1972 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 1·3 | 1·9 | 5·6 | 2·6 | 2·7 | 0·0 | 3·9 | 7·0 | 2·1 |
| Q2 | … | 0·8 | 1·7 | 4·9 | 2·0 | 2·5 | 0·0 | 3·5 | 6·4 | 1·0 |
| Q3 | … | 0·7 | 1·7 | 4·8 | 2·1 | 2·6 | 0·0 | 3·4 | 6·1 | 0·7 |
| Q4 | … | 0·9 | 2·0 | 5·1 | 2·5 | 2·9 | 0·0 | 3·2 | 6·4 | 1·0 |
| 1973 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 1·2 | 1·9 | 5·5 | 2·8 | 2·9 | 0·0 | 3·0 | 6·7 | 1·1 |
| Q2 | … | 0·8 | 1·6 | 4·8 | 2·1 | 2·6 | 0·0 | 2·5 | 5·9 | 0·5 |
| Q3 | … | 0·8 | 1·8 | 4·5 | 2·0 | 3·1 | 0·0 | 2·3 | 5·5 | 0·4 |
| Q4 | … | 1·4 | 2·1 | 4·8 | 2·4 | 3·0 | 0·0 | 2·1 | 5·8 | 0·9 |
| 1974 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 2·3 | 2·1 | 5·0 | 3·0 | 2·9 | 0·0 | 2·5 | 6·3 | 1·1 |
| Q2 | … | 1·8 | 1·8 | 4·6 | 2·4 | 2·6 | 0·0 | 2·2 | 6·0 | 1·0 |
| Q3 | … | 2·0 | 2·1 | 4·6 | 2·7 | 3·5 | 0·0 | 2·5 | 6·0 | 1·8 |
| Q4 | … | 3·1 | 3·2 | 4·9 | 3·4 | 3·8 | 0·1 | 2·6 | 6·9 | 3·9 |
| 1975 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 4·5 | 3·6 | 5·2 | 4·1 | 4·3 | 0·1 | 3·1 | 8·3 | 4·9 |
| Q2 | … | 4·0 | 3·4 | 5·1 | 3·7 | 4·5 | 0·1 | 3·3 | 8·5 | 4·2 |
| Q3 | … | 4·0 | 3·9 | 5·2 | 4·1 | 6·0 | 0·1 | 4·3 | 8·7 | 4·3 |
| Q4 | … | 4·4 | 4·7 | 5·5 | 4·5 | 6·4 | 0·4 | 4·6 | 9·4 | 5·1 |
| 1976 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 5·1 | 4·5 | 5·7 | 4·8 | 6·3 | 0·3 | 5·1 | 10·1 | 5·2 |
| Q2 | … | 3·9 | 3·9 | 5·4 | 4·1 | 6·0 | 0·2 | 5·0 | 9·7 | 4·1 |
| Q3 | … | 3·6 | 4·0 | 5·5 | 4·4 | 7·4 | 0·2 | 5·7 | 9·6 | 4·3 |
| Q4 | … | 3·9 | 4·8 | 5·6 | 4·4 | 7·3 | 0·4 | 5·3 | 9·8 | 5·2 |
| 1977 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 4·6 | 4·8 | 6·1 | 4·6 | 7·2 | 0·5 | 5·5 | 10·2 | 6·1 |
| Q2 | … | 3·8 | 4·5 | 5·9 | 3·9 | 6·9 | 0·4 | 5·4 | 9·6 | 5·4 |
| Q3 | … | 3·7 | 5·0 | 6·7 | 4·4 | 8·4 | 0·6 | 6·2 | 9·4 | 5·4 |
| Q4 | … | 4·0 | 5·4 | 6·8 | 4·4 | 8·5 | 0·8 | 5·8 | 9·4 | 6·2 |
| 1978 | ||||||||||
| Q1 | … | 4·6 | 5·1* | 7·3 | 4·5 | 8·2 | 0·9 | 5·8 | 9·8 | 7·5 |
| Q2 | … | 3·6 | 4·8* | 6·8 | 3·9 | 7·7 | 0·7 | 5·5 | 8·9 | 6·2 |
| Q3 | … | 3·5 | 5·4* | 6·8 | 4·4 | 8·9 | 0·8 | 6·0 | 8·4 | 6·1 |
| *Changes in procedure for counting registered unemployment from January 1978 have led to a small reduction in the rate from the previous basis. | ||||||||||
| Source: Statistical Office of the European Communities. | ||||||||||
of "Economic Trends" for December 1977. There is no information on employment in private firms receiving direct government grants and subsidies.
member of the European Community for each quarter since 1972.
The unemployment percentage rates are given below. They are based on national definitions and are not comparable between countries owing to differences in the concept of unemployment, coverage and method of compilation.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide statistics, in each year from 1974 to the latest available date, of percentage unemployment rates adjusted to United States concepts for each member of the European Community, the United States of America, Canada and Japan.
| Period | United States | Canada | Japan | France | Germany | Italy* | Great Britain† | |
| 1972 | … | 5 ·6 | 6 ·2 | 1 ·4 | 2 ·8 | 0 ·8 | 3 ·6 | 4 ·1 |
| 1973 | … | 4·9 | 5·6 | 1·3 | 2·7 | 0·8 | 3·4 | 2·9 |
| 1974 | … | 5·6 | 5·4 | 1·4 | 3·0 | 1·7 | 2·8 | 2·9 |
| 1975 | … | 8·5 | 6·9 | 1·9 | 4·2 | 3·6 | 3·2 | 4·1 ‡ |
| 1976 | … | 7·7 | 7·1 | 2·0 | 4·6 | 3·6 | 3·6 | 5·5 ‡ |
| Q1 | … | 7·7 | 6·9 | 2·0 | 4·5 | 3·8 | 3·4 | 5·4 |
| Q2 | … | 7·5 | 7·1 | 2·1 | 4·5 | 3·6 | 3·6 | 5·7 |
| Q3 | … | 7·7 | 7·2 | 2·1 | 4·5 | 3·6 | 3·7 | 5·6 |
| Q4 | … | 7·8 | 7·4 | 1·9 | 4·6 | 3·5 | 3·6 | 5·7 |
| 1977 | … | 7·0 | 8·1 | 2·0 | 5·2 ‡ | 3·6 ‡ | 3·3 ‡ | 6·2 ‡ |
| Q1 | … | 7·4 | 7·9 | 1·9 | 4·8 | 3·5 | 3·2 | 6·0 |
| Q2 | … | 7·1 | 8·1 | 2·1 | 5·1 | 3·5 | 3·2 | 6·3 |
| Q3 | … | 6·9 | 8·2 | 2·1 | 5·6 | 3·6 | 3·5 | 6·3 |
| Q4 | … | 6·6 | 8·4 | 2·1 | 5·2 | 3·5 | 3·3 | 6·4 |
| 1978 | … | |||||||
| Q1 | … | 6·2 | 8·4 | 2·1 | 5·1 | 3·5 | 3·4 | 6·4 |
| Q2 | … | 5·9 | 8·6 | 2·3 | 5·1 | 3·4 | 3·4 | 6·4 |
| Q3 | … | 6·0 | 8·5 | 6·1 | 3·4 | 3·6 | 6·2 | |
| July | … | 6·2 | 8·4 | 2·3 | 6·0 | 3·4 | 3·6 | 6·2 |
| August | … | 5·9 | 8·5 | 2·3 | 6·2 | 3·4 | ||
| September | … | 6·0 | 8·5 | 6·0 | 3·4 | |||
| *Quarterly rates are for the first month in each quarter. | ||||||||
| †No rate is calculated for the United Kingdom. | ||||||||
| ‡Preliminary. | ||||||||
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, November 1978. | ||||||||