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Mrs. Shirley Williams
asked the Secretary of State for Employment by what percentage unemployment in the United Kingdom has increased since May 1979; and by what percentage unemployment has increased in the other eight European Economic Community countries taken together.
Mr. Alison
Figures of total unemployment published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
| Prosecutions taken by Health and Safety Inspectorates and Agencies under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1984 | ||||||
| Table 1 | ||||||
| All cases (excluding local authorities) | Local authorities | |||||
| Informations laid | Convictions | Withdrawn | Dismissed | Average fine per conviction £ | Informations laid | |
| 1976 | 373 | 330 | 19 | 24 | 131 | 18 |
| 1977 | 658 | 576 | 46 | 36 | 121 | 34 |
| 1978 | 706 | 617 | 43 | 46 | 148 | 194 |
| 1979 | 644 | 558 | 39 | 47 | 214 | 156 |
| 1980 | 654 | 575 | 44 | 35 | 233 | 277 |
| *1981 | 477 | 410 | 29 | 38 | 222 | 243 |
| * Provisional. | ||||||
indicate that between May 1979 and October 1982 unemployment in the United Kingdom* increased by 154 per cent. compared with 88 per cent. in the other eight countries which were members in 1979.
- * Old basis (registrations).
- Source: SOEC publications.
Mr. Canavan
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are unemployed in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Alison
At 11 November the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom was 3,063,026.