§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the total labour force is employed in clerical and secretarial work in the York area; and what are the respective figures for the Tees-side area.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI have been asked to reply.
Percentages of all economically active persons in 1961 (the latest date for which figures are available) who were in Order XXI "Clerical Workers" of the 1960 Classification of Occupations were as follows:
Males Females Persons York County Borough 8.3 24.9 14.2 Middlesbrough County Borough and Stockton-on-Tees Municipal Borough combined 5.4 21.3 9.8