HC Deb 24 February 1960 vol 618 c54W
72. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Defence what percentage of the working population is now either in the Services or supporting them; and how this compares with February, 1952.

Mr. Watkinson

The percentage of the working population now in the Services or supporting them is estimated at 4.9 per cent. This is slightly more than half the corresponding percentage for 1952 (the figure for mid-1952 was 8.8 per cent.).