§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Health what percentage of married women are estimated to be at work in Heywood at the most recent date for which the information is available; and if he will give the same information for the urban districts of Royton, Crompton, Milnrow, Wardle, Littleborough, and Whitworth, respectively, and for the country as a whole.
§ Mr. LoughlinInformation in the precise form asked for is not available but the following figures are derived from the 1961 Census of population:
Percentage of the enumerated population of married, widowed and divorced women who were economically active* in April, 1961 Heywood 45.6 Royton 45.2 Crompton 52.9 Milnrow 48.6 Wardle 39.1 Littleborough 45.6 Whitworth 51.9 England and Wales 29.0 * The economically active are those people who are in the week before the census either had a job or were out of employment but intending to get work.