Mr. Grahamasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of persons over 65 years of age employed in the principal industries in England, Wales and Scotland, separately; and what is the percentage of persons unemployed in each of the industries specified?
§ Mr. E. BrownAs regards the first part of the question, statistics in respect of persons over 65 years of age are not compiled by my Department, but some information on the point may be obtained in respect of April, 1931, from the Industries Volumes of the 1931 Population Census. As regards the second part of the question, a table showing the percentages unemployed among insured persons aged 16–64 for each of 107 industry groups is published each month in the Ministry of Labour Gazette, of which a copy is in the Library.