§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the size of the economically active population in (a) Great Britain, (b) the North-West, (c) Merseyside and (d) Birkenhead for each year since 1945; and if he will subdivide the data accordingly to whether they were male or female and according to whether they were aged (i) under 25 years, (ii) 25 to 55 years, (iii) 55 to 60 years, (iv) over 60 years, or according to other convenient age bands.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing are the numbers economically active in 1971. The data are taken from the results of the 481W 1971 census of population and relate to areas as constituted in that year. Comparable
ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION 1971 Thousands Age 15–24 years 25–54 years 55–59 years 60 years and over All ages Birkenhead County Borough Males … … … 8.6 23.7 3.8 4.1 40.3 Females … … … 6.3 12.5 2.2 1.8 22.8 Merseyside Conurbation Males … … … 75.7 211.3 34.3 39.9 361.3 Females … … … 58.1 120.5 22.0 17.9 218.4 North West Region Males … … … 379.7 1,177.5 185.3 214.9 1,957.3 Females … … … 280.9 692.6 119.6 94.3 1,187.3 Great Britain Males … … … 3,018.7 9,597.8 1,502.5 1,797.8 15,916.9 Females … … … 2,242.7 5,320.9 871.4 751.0 9,186.1