§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether permission has been given to any firm in Plymouth to employ women from the Philippines.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo.
§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many girls from the Philippines are in the United Kingdom working as domestics for public and private employers.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithWork permits issued since 1970 for workers from the Philippines, mainly women, for domestic employment in hospitals, schools and similar institutions and in private households have totalled:
1970 101 1971 446 1972 (January-September) 1,011 All but a small minority of those permits are taken up. However, there is no accurate information on the number of Philippine domestics actually working in the United Kingdom at any one time.