§ 2. Mr. David Grenfellasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in employment, giving separate numbers of men and women, and the numbers of men and women registered as unemployed in August, 1939, and August, 1946, respectively.
§ Mr. IsaacsAs the reply contains a number of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ It is estimated that the total numbers of persons of insurable age in employment in Great Britain, excluding members of the Armed Forces and Auxiliary Services and persons in indoor private domestic service, were 13,163,000 males aged 14–64 and 4,837,000 females aged 14–59 at mid-1939 and 11,800,000 males and 5,358,000 females at the end of July, 1946. The numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed were 899,000 males and 236,000 females in August, 1939, and 271,000 males and 93,000 females in August, 1946.