§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Minister of Labour the average number of males employed in Scotland in each 12-month period since 1945.
§ Mr. WatkinsonFigures for Scotland are available only for one date about the middle of each year, and the earliest year for which figures on the present basis can be supplied is 1948, when the comprehensiveNational Insurance Scheme came into operation. The estimated total numbers of male employees in employment in all industries and services in Scotland at the middle of the years 1948 to 1954 were as follows:
1948 … … … 1,343,000 1949 … … … 1,348,000 1950 … … … 1,351,000 1951 … … … 1,349,000 1952 … … … 1,347,000 1953 … … … 1,354,000 1954 … … … 1,364,000