§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) male and (b) female workers earned below the national insurance threshold for each year over the past 30 years.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 5 May 1994]: The available information showing the difference between the total work force and numbers of employed people who paid a national insurance contribution is provided in the tables:
Year Workforce in Employment in June Number who paid at least one NI contribution Difference (Thousands) 1962 8,225 8,180 45 1963 8,265 8,190 75 1964 8,444 8,350 94 1965 8,610 8,460 150 1966 8,798 8,530 268 1967 8,688 8,400 288 1968 8,721 8,410 311 1969 8,804 8,430 374 1970 8,839 8,270 569 1971 8,855 8,200 655 1972 8,949 8,250 699 1973 9,320 8,350 970 1974 9,548 8,500 1,048 1975 9,607 N/A N/A 1976 9,575 9,226 349 1977 9,676 9,159 517 1978 9,780 9,245 535 1979 10,059 9,254 805 1980 10,090 9,509 581 1981 9,775 9,129 646 1982 9,699 8,774 925 1983 9,675 8,687 988 1984 10,061 8,667 1,394 1985 10,275 8,839 1,436 1986 10,418 9,135 1,283 1987 10,787 9,275 1,512 1988 11,222 9,604 1,618 1989 11,671 10,070 1,601 1990 11,873 10,361 1,512 1991 11,663 10,473 1,190 1992 11,577 10,215 1,362 Source:
Employment Department and Department of Social Security
Notes:
Information is not available for 1975
Worforce in employment includes members of Her Majesty's forces, self employed people, and people on government training schemes
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Males (Thousands) Year Workforce in Employment in June Number who paid at least one National Insurance contribution Difference 1962 16,395 16,600 -205 1963 16,379 16,650 -271 1964 16,488 16,710 -222 1965 16,579 16,760 -181
Year Workforce in Employment in June Number who paid at least one National Insurance contribution Difference 1966 16,546 16,720 -174 1967 16,297 16,630 -333 1968 16,108 16,560 -452 1969 16,040 16,500 -460 1970 15,900 16,380 -480 1971 15,806 16,240 -434 1972 15,688 16,200 -512 1973 15,890 16,120 -230 1974 15,731 16,020 -289 1975 15,576 n/a n/a 1976 15,372 15,768 -396 1977 15,294 15,666 -372 1978 15,322 15,659 -337 1979 15,420 15,597 -177 1980 15,343 15,711 -368 1981 14,682 15,196 -514 1982 14,322 14,410 -88 1983 14,068 14,363 -295 1984 14,338 14,241 97 1985 14,408 14,178 230 1986 14,290 14,295 -5
workforce in employment: Great Britain Seasonally adjusted (Thousands) Total Male all Male F/T Male P/T Female all Female F/T Female P/T 1963 24,113 16,015 — — 8,098 — — 1964 24,397 16,121 — — 8,276 — — 1965 24,643 16,208 — — 8,435 — — 1966 24,801 16,181 — — 8,620 — — 1967 24,445 15,931 — — 8,513 — — 1968 24,288 15,744 — — 8,545 — — 1969 24,298 15,675 — — 8,623 — — 1970 24,183 15,532 — — 8,651 — — 1971 24,097 15,441 — — 8,656 — — 1972 24,079 15,326 — — 8,753 — — 1973 24,646 15,525 — — 9,121 — — 1974 24,707 15,368 — — 9,339 — — 1975 24,608 15,215 — — 9,394 — — 1976 24,382 15,016 — — 9,366 — — 1977 24,401 14,941 — — 9,459 — — 1978 24,523 14,969 — — 9,554 — — 1979 24,881 15,061 — — 9,820 — — 1980 24,838 14,987 — — 9,850 — — 1981 23,887 14,345 — — 9,543 — — 1982 23,461 13,995 — — 9,467 — — 1983 23,178 13,742 — — 9,436 — — 1984 23,833 14,012 12,994 1,018 9,822 5,557 4,264 1985 24,107 14,077 13,037 1,040 10,030 5,666 4,364 1986 24,131 13,961 12,873 1,088 10,170 5,692 4,478 1987 24,688 14,152 12,946 1,206 10,536 5,888 4,647 1988 25,529 14,569 13,298 1,271 10,960 6,184 4,776 1989 26,317 14,915 13,538 1,377 11,402 6,385 5,017 1990 26,528 14,933 13,494 1,438 11,595 6,392 5,203 1991 25,613 14,236 12,837 1,399 11,377 6,221 5,156 1992 25,023 13,734 12,310 1,424 11,289 6,114 5,174 1993 24,603 13,372 11,921 1,451 11,232 6,026 5,206 Notes:
- 1. Information relates to June of each year.
- 2. Part-time information is not available prior to 1984.
- 3. There is a discontinuity in the series between 1970 and 1971 due to change of source for the self-employed data.