§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that in June, 1946, the total male civilian population in Great Britain in the age-group 15 to 64 years of 208W age numbered 13,915,000 and the total number of men in the Armed Forces was 1,895,000, making an aggregate of 15,810,000; whereas the total male working population aged 14 to 64 years of age, excluding private domestic servants, numbered 14,568,000; and if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT an occupational analysis of the 1,242,000 or more males aged 15 to 64 years of age who are not included in table four of the "Monthly Digest of Statistics."
§ Mr. IsaacsThe total male civilian population in Great Britain aged 14–64 at the end of June, 1946, is estimated at approximately 14,390,000. This figure excludes the civilian population of Northern Ireland, but includes boys aged 14 in Great Britain, and also certain classes of seamen who are excluded from Table 2 of the "Monthly Digest of Statistics." With the addition of 1,895,000 men in the Forces, this total becomes 16,285,000, while the total male working population of the same ages in Great Britain at the same time is estimated at 14,638,000, leaving a balance of 1,647,000. A statistical analysis of this figure is not available, but it includes school-boys, students, private domestic servants, those who are incapable of work, those who have retired from employment and all others who are not gainfully occupied. It does not however include the registered unemployed or demobilised men who will eventually take up employment.