§ 31. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Labour how many women workers of all classes there were in this country in 1913; and how many there were when the last figures were drawn up?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)I have been asked to reply. The figures asked for are not available for 1913; but the numbers of females returned in England and Wales as gainfully occupied at the 1911 and 1921 censuses were as follow: 1911, 4,830,734 (aged 10 years and upwards); 1921, 5,065,332 (aged 12 years and upwards).