§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in full-time employment in the United Kingdom on 1st January in 1959, 1965, 1971, 1975 and 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingEstimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the United Kingdom are available on a consistent basis quarterly from June 1959 and the following table gives the estimates for December. A comparable estimate is not available for December 1958. The figures do not distinguish between full-time and part-time employment.
December 1959–21,624,000 December 1964–23,004,000 December 1970–22,404,000 December 1974–22,871,000 December 1976–22,577,000* * Provisional.