§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of men at work and of women at work, and the number of married women at work and as percentages of the total women's work force; if he will give the numbers of women working in each of the main industries, respectively, giving 337W also the total number of married women and the married as a percentage of total women employees in each case; and if he will give the average hourly earnings of men, full-time and part-time women employed in each industry.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe employment estimates are based on counts of national insurance cards exchanged and will include some employees who are not at work at any given date, for example because they are seasonal workers, sick or
ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBERS OF MARRIED FEMALE EMPLOYEES EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF ALL FEMALE EMPLOYEES AT JUNE, 1969(GREAT BRITAIN) Standard Industrial Classification (1968) All female employees (000's) Married female employees (000's) Married as percentage of all female employees (per cent.) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … 76 46 61 Mining and Quarrying … … 19 12 61 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … 363 232 64 Coal and Petroleum Products … … 7 3 48 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … 140 81 57 Metal Manufacture … … 72 44 61 Mechanical Engineering … … 203 125 62 Instrument Engineering … … 56 35 63 Electrical Engineering … … 358 235 66 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … 13 7 57 Vehicles … … 111 67 60 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified … … 204 133 65 Textiles … … 339 205 60 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … 24 13 56 Clothing and Footwear … … 372 205 55 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … 76 49 64 Timber, Furniture, etc. … … 59 36 61 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … 218 114 52 Other Manufacturing Industries … … 138 90 66 Construction … … 90 52 58 Gas, Electricity and Water … … 60 35 59 Transport and Communication … … 272 145 53 Distributive Trades … … 1,520 866 57 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … … 460 212 46 Professional and Scientific Services … … 1,882 1,206 64 Miscellaneous Services … … 1,057 644 61 Public Administration and Defence … … 442 253 57 ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES … … 8,642* 5,119* 59 * Each total includes a number of employees not classified by industry. Estimates obtained from the New Ernings Survey of average earnings of full-time men and women in April, 1970 analysed by industry were published in Tables 18–21 on pages 1003–1007 of the November, 1970 issue of the Employment and Productivity Gazette, separately for manual and non-manual workers. Corresponding estimates for part-time women are not available. Estimates for full-time manual men and women, and for part-time manual women, in manufacturing and certain other industries from the regular enquiry in October, 1970 will
338Won short time. Following are the estimates for Great Britain for March, 1970:
Analyses showing the marital status of females are available only for June each year and the latest are for June, 1969. They relate to total employees, employed and unemployed.
(Thousands) Males Females Total Total employees 14,397 8,629 23,027 Wholly unemployed 517 85 602 Employees less wholly unemployed 13,880 8,545 22,425 be published shortly in the February, 1971 issue of the Department of Employment Gazette.