§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase in numbers of insured employees, made and female shown separately, for each of his Department's administrative regions, respectively, since 1951.
§ Mr. WhitelawFollowing is the information. It is not possible to calculate separate employee figures for 1951 for 11W the present areas covered by the Midlands and Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Regions.
Region Estimated numbers of employees Per cent. change 1951–63 Males Females Total: Males and Females London and South Eastern +12.8 +15.9 +14.0 Eastern and Southern +20.4 +39.2 +26.4 South Western +12.9 +24.7 +16.7 Midlands + 8.4 +13.8 +10.2 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire North Western +2.0 +1.5 +1.8 Northern +0.5 +18.1 +5.5 Scotland -0.1 +8.0 +2.6 Wales +0.3 +20.7 +5.7 Great Britain +8.2 +15.2 +10.6