§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were registered as being in full-time employment in the United Kingdom on 1st June in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John FraserInformation from the annual censuses of employment shows that the numbers of employees in full-time employment in the United Kingdom in each of the last four years were as follows:
Thousands June 1974 … … … 18,614 June 1973 … … … 18,779 June 1972 … … … 18,594 June 1971 … … … 18,732 Comparable figures are not available for 1970 and earlier years when employment estimates were based on counts of national insurance cards and it was not possible to distinguish between full-time and part-time workers.
An employee normally employed for more than 30 hours per week—excluding
126WCommission that accidents notified to Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate in 1973 included some 66.000 injuries to heads, eyes, hands and toes where there might have been less damage if safety gear had been worn.