§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales what number of male insured workers there were in Wales in each of the 10 years between 1956 and 1966.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI have been asked to reply.
The annual mid-year estimates of the numbers of male employees (including the registered unemployed), were, in thousands:
1956 … … … 684,000 1957 … … … 686,000 1958 … … … 683,000 1959 … … … 682,000 1960 … … … 684,000 1961 … … … 685,000 1962 … … … 686,000 1963 … … … 690,000 1964 … … … 687,000 1965 … … … 685,000 (Sources: 1956 to 1963—Abstract of Regional Statistics No. 2; 1964 and 1965—Ministry of Labour Gazette, July, 1966.)
Estimates for 1966 are not yet available. Because the method of estimation has been changed, as explained in the July, 1966, issue of the Ministry of 153W Labour Gazette, the estimates for 1964 and 1965 are not completely comparable with those for earlier years.