§ Mr. Jesselasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give figures for the total numbers of persons employed in manual work, and for either white collar work or office work in 1951, 1961, 1971 and on the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonI have been asked to reply.
The latest available information is that from the 1966 sample Census. Following are the figures.
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Occupation Type Manual Non-Manual Other† Socio economic groups* 8–11, 15 1–7, 12 13–14, 16–17 Males: 1951‡ 9,338,573 3,614,251 739,618 1961 8,830,070 4,988,460 830,550 1966 8,670,130 5,360,300 460,110 Females: 1951 Not readily available 1961 Not readily available 1966 2,622,240 5,456,460 93,040 * The socio-economic groupings are the 17 groups defined in the 1970 Classification of Occupations. † The "other" category of occupation type includes farmers, members of the armed forces and persons with occupation inadequately described ‡ The 1951 Census Occupational Tables only provided socio-economic groups for all males including retired males; the quoted figures are those available restricted to males under 65. I will send my hon. Friend the relevant information from the 1971 census when it becomes available.