§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what proportion of men and women, respectively, by comparison with the estimated population of men over 65 years of age and of women over 60 years of age, were at the latest convenient date in employment; and what were the corresponding proportions at the census of 1966.
Great Britain D.E.P. estimates of employees as percentages of the Home Population at mid-year 1966 Census of Population estimates of numbers in employment as percentages of the enumerated population Men aged 65 and over Women aged 60 and over Men aged 65 and over Women aged 60 and over 1966 … … … … 19.0 10.4 22.8 12.2 1967 … … … … 18.3 10.2 — —