Midland Region and Scotland

HC Deb 23 May 1960 vol 624 cc1-2W

22. Mr. Gourlay

asked the Minister of Labour the percentage increase or decrease in the number of insured persons in the Midlands and in Scotland, respectively, from 1954 to the latest convenient date.

Mr. Heath

Between mid-1954 and mid-1959 the number of insured employees in the Midland Region increased by 3.8 per cent. and in Scotland decreased by 0.3 per cent.