§ 12. Mr. POTTSasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons aged 16 to 64 gainfully occupied in England and Wales for the years 1921, 1924 and 1928, specifying males and females under separate heads?
§ Mr. BETTERTONAs the reply includes a number of figures I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement giving such information as is available.
§ Following is the statement:—
§ The only statistics available relate to the number of persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts exclusive of persons insured under the Special Scheme for the Insurance industry. The following table gives the estimated numbers of such persons, aged 16 to 64 in England and Wales at July of each of the years 1921, 1924 and 1928.
| Date. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| July, 1921 | 6,693,000 | 2,667,000 | 9, 360,000 |
| July, 1924 | 7,149,400 | 2,578,000 | 9,727,400 |
| July, 1928 | 7,500,700 | 2,777,300 | 10,278,000 |