51. Mr. WESTasked the Minister of Labour how many persons over 60 years of age are employed in insurable occupations; and how many persons of that category are now unemployed?
Mr. STANLEYFor persons aged 60 to 64, the latest available information relates to 1932, when it was estimated, on the basis of a sample inquiry covering one in 300 of the persons insured against unemployment, that the number of insured persons of those ages in Great Britain was approximately 463,000, of whom about 143,000 were unemployed at 28th November, 1932. For persons aged 65 and over it is estimated that the number employed, at some time during the year, in employment which is insurable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts is approximately 200,000. The number of such persons in employment at any particular date is substantially less than this figure.