§ 15. Mr. Doverasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the number of people currently in work compared with those in work 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years previously.
§ Mr. TebbitAbout 23¼ million people in the United Kingdom had a job last September, the latest date for which comprehensive figures are available. This is over 1½ million fewer than the number five years earlier and over 2 million fewer than in 1966, when employment was at record levels. Directly comparable information is not available before 1959, but it is estimated that the current numbers of people in employment are similar to those just after the war.