HC Deb 18 March 1959 vol 602 c39W
91. Mr. Gower

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were registered as being in employment in Wales at the latest convenient date; and what was the comparable number in 1950.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The estimated numbers of employees in Wales who were in employment at end May, 1958, was 920,500. Precisely comparable figures are not available for 1950 but the increase between that year and 1958 was about 14,000.

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