§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what has been the number of male employees aged 15 years and over in June of each year since 1964 in Scotland; whether he will express these figures as a percentage of the number of males aged 15 years and over in Scotland; and whether he will express the male activity rate in Scotland in each year as a percentage relative to the male activity rate throughout Great Britain;
(2) what has been the number of female employees aged 15 years and over in June of each year since 1964 in Scot
194W
§ Mr. BoothThe latest available information, from the Census of Population held in April 1966 is as follows:
land; whether he will express these figures as a percentage of the number of females aged 15 years and over in Scotland; and whether he will express the female activity rate for Scotland in each year as a percentage relative to the female activity rate throughout Great Britain.
§ Mr. John FraserThe numbers of employees aged 15 years and over in Scotland in June of each year since 1964 are as follows:
Number of employees, (thousands) Year Males Females> 1964 1,388 802 1965 1,381 813 1966 1,369 824 1967 1,357 817 1968 1,337 823 1969 (a) 1,331 831 1969 (b) 1,335 834 1970 1,325 834 1971 (a) 1,301 832 1971 (b) 1,310 808 1972 1,295 821 1973 1,294 847 Notes:
1. Estimates from 1969 (b) include improved regional information about the location of employees in employment in the distributive trades.
2. Estimates up to and including 1971 June (a) are on a national insurance card count basis: estimates thereafter are on a Census of Employment basis with the addition of the unemployed.
In the following table, the preceding figures are expressed as a percentage of numbers aged 15 and over in Scotland, respectively for males and females:
195W
Percentage Year Males Females 1964 76.3 39.0 1965 76.2 39.6 1966 75.9 40.3 1967 75.5 40.0 1968 74.5 40.4 1969 (a) 74.1 40.8 1969 (b) 74.3 40.9 1970 73.7 40.9 1971 (a) 71.9 40.6 1971 (b) 72.4 39.5 1972 71.2 40.0 1973 70.9 41.1 In the following table, the preceding employee activity rates for Scotland are expressed as a percentage relative to the rate throughout Great Brtain, respectively for males and females.
Relative Percentage Year Males Females 1964 99 99 1965 99 99 1966 99 100 1967 100 100 1968 100 101 1969(a) 101 102 1969 (b) 101 102 1970 102 102 1971 (a) 100 102 1971 (b) 101 102 1972 100 102 1973 101 101