§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for Wales for 1979, or the most recent year for which figures are available, the total number of males between the ages of 16 and 65 years, and the total number of females aged between 16 and 60 years, together with the corresponding number
June 1979: Thousands Males Females Persons Number in full-time education * … … … 34 31 64 Permanently sick or retired … … … ‡ ‡ ‡ Registered unemployed … … … 54 26 80 Self-employed† … … … 80 24 104 Employees in employment … … … 602 403 1,005 Others … … … 81 300 382 Population of working age … … … 851 784 1,635 * Estimated. † Assumed unchanged since 1975. ‡ Not separately distinguished: figures included in " Others " category.