§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the insured male and female labour force in United Kingdom
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Males '000 South-East 4,962 4,999 5,007 4,929 4,841 4,742 4,681 4,695 East Anglia 404 406 404 406 411 418 388 391 South-West 866 865 854 847 838 827 845 841 West Midlands 1,523 1,522 1,492 1,487 1,481 1,462 1,442 1,447 East Midlands 928 923 925 910 904 910 885 909 Yorkshire and Humberside 1, 358 1, 363 1, 348 1,326 1,314 1,301 1,279 1,275 North-West 1,891 1,883 1,858 1,833 1,834 1,805 1,783 1,781 North 891 886 878 875 859 863 836 841 Wales 690 679 678 665 656 642 629 642 Scotland 1,385 1,383 1,374 1,341 1,344 1,345 1,303 1,296 Northern Ireland 315 319 321 322 323 321 322 326 Females South-East 3,013 3,094 3,042 3,048 3,019 3,019 2,984 3,046 East Anglia 212 211 219 221 230 230 228 244 South-West 481 484 478 472 484 488 499 517 West Midlands 850 833 830 828 838 844 836 851 East Midlands 506 518 506 513 523 525 524 524 Yorkshire and Humberside 749 767 757 750 749 747 735 753 North-West 1,174 1,171 1,150 1,138 1,153 1,140 1,120 1,124 North 452 467 461 457 470 480 473 480 Wales 327 331 323 324 341 335 341 355 Scotland 839 852 836 857 860 853 858 870 Northern Ireland 191 197 198 201 201 205 201 209 The estimates from September 1969 contain improved information about the location of employees in distributive trades and are not strictly comparable with those for September 1968 and earlier dates.