§ 60. Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of men and women, respectively, employed in agriculture on 1st March, 1946, as compared with 1st March, 1939.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsI regret that information is not available for March, 1946, and was not collected for March, 1939, but I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement giving the latest figures, which relate to December, 1945, with corresponding particulars for June, 1945, and June, 1939.
§ Mr. TurtonIn view of what is going to happen later today, could we have those figures so that the House could know them?
§ Mr. WilliamsThe number of male employees, regular and casual, in June, 1939, was 534,100. In June, 1945, the number of male employees, permanent arid casual, including 83,000 prisoners of
| NUMBERS OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND AND WALES. | |||||||
| (Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred). | |||||||
| Description of Workers | June, 1939 | June, 1945 | December, 1945 | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | ||
| Regular | … | 470.8 | 40.3 | 447.7 | 67.7 | 448.0 | 60.6 |
| Casual | … | 63.3 | 32.7 | 90.8 | 62.6 | 75.9 | 34.4 |
| Women's Land Army | … | — | — | — | 43.1 | — | 32.6 |
| Prisoner-of-War | … | — | — | 57.8 | — | 83.8 | — |
| TOTAL | … | 534.1 | 73.0 | 596.3 | 173.4 | 607.7 | 127.6 |
| Note: The changes between June. 1945. and December, 1945, are mainly seasonal |