§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in full-time employment in the United Kingdom on 1st January in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithEstimates of the numbers employed in the United Kingdom are made quarterly and the most recent are for June 1972. The figures do not identify full-time and part-time workers. Following is the available information for June each year.
Estimated numbers of employees in employment thousands 1963 … … … … 23,061 1964 … … … … 23,357 1965 … … … … 23,622 1966 … … … … 23,783 1967 … … … … 23,305 1968 … … … … 23,125 1969 … … … … 23,085 1970 … … … … 22,891 1971 … … … … 22,509 1972 … … … … 22,336 The estimates are based on counts of national insurance cards.