HC Deb 28 March 1973 vol 853 cc346-9W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the total number of male persons employed in Mid-Wales in each year from 1962 to 1972, inclusive.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The following table shows estimates of the number of male employees in employment in the counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire. The latest available estimates are for June 1971.

thousands
June 1962 … … … … 34.0
June 1963 … … … … 33.3
June 1964 … … … … 32.0
June 1965 … … … … 30.5
June 1966 … … … … 29.8
June 1967 … … … … 28.6
June 1968 … … … … 28.4
June 1969 … … … … 29.0
June 1970 … … … … 29.7
June 1971 … … … … 29.1

The estimates are subject to sampling and other errors and little significance should be attached to small year-to-year changes.

Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males and how many females have been at work in Wales in each year since 1950 for which the figures are available; and what is the breakdown of these figures into manufacturing and service and extractive industries.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Estimates of the total numbers of male and female employees in employment in Wales are

TABLE 1
ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF MALE AND FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN WALES
(thousands) (thousands)
Males Females Males Females
June 1951 … … 671 241 June 1964— … …
June 1952 … … 670 242 (a) … … 672 305
June 1953 … … 675 247 (b) … … 673 306
June 1954 … … 671 254 June 1965 … … 670 316
June 1955 … … 671 261 June 1966 … … 664 322
June 1956 … … 673 267 June 1967 … … 640 312
June 1957 … … 673 264 June 1968 … … 629 320
June 1958 … … 662 261 June 1969—
June 1959 … … 662 267 (a) … … 618 319
June 1960 … … 669 278 (b) … … 620 322
June 1961 … … 672 284 June 1970 … … 608 327
June 1962 … … 668 289 June 1971 … … 603 327
June 1963 … … 669 292 June 1972 … … 592 332
The estimates are based on counts of National Insurance Cards exchanged. From June 1964(b) they are on a revised basis of calculation and are not strictly comparable with the estimates for 1964(a) and earlier dates. The estimates from June 1969(b) include improved information about the location of employees in the distributive trades.

TABLE 2
ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBERS OF MALE AND FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN EXTRACTIVE, MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE AND OTHER INDUSTRIES IN WALES
(thousands)
Males Females
Extractive industries Manu-facturing industries Service and other industries Extractive industries Manu-facturing industries Service and other industries
June 1959 … … 141.8 207.7 311.7 6.1 68.9 190.2
June 1960 … … 130.1 219.7 319.4 5.6 74.5 195.5
June 1961 … … 124.3 226.3 325.5 5.4 75.4 200.2
June 1962 … … 119.6 220.1 328.8 5.2 76.5 206.2
June 1963 … … 117.6 223.8 328.6 5.6 77.7 207.7
June 1964—
(a) … … 111.0 230.1 329.9 4.9 82.0 215.7
(b) … … 111.4 230.7 329.7 5.0 82.6 217.2
June 1965 … … 102.5 235.1 330.1 4.5 83.8 225.2
June 1966—
(a) … … 93.2 239.7 331.0 4.9 86.5 230.7
(b) … … 93.1 243.8 327.0 4.9 87.0 230.3
June 1967 … … 86.9 238.0 315.1 4.2 83.1 224.9
June 1968 … … 75.8 241.9 311.8 4.3 86.5 229.6
June 1969—
(a) … … 69.2 246.7 301.6 3.6 88.7 226.6
(b) … … 69.2 247.2 303.9 3.6 89.0 229.4
June 1970 … … 63.1 254.3 290.2 3.6 93.6 229.8
June 1971 … … 56.5 249.7 296.8 3.3 90.5 233.6
Estimates from June 1964(b) are on a revised basis of calculation and are not strictly comparable with those for June 1964(a) and earlier dates; in addition the latter estimates for industries, are on a slightly different basis from the estimates of total employees shown in Table 1.
Between June 1966 and June 1967, the industrial classifications of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June 1966 are shown on both bases, that is (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of reclassifications.

available on a comparable basis from 1951. Estimates of the numbers in extractive, manufacturing and service and other industries are available on a broadly comparable basis only from 1959; owing to substantial changes in classification made in that year. The most recent estimates of the total numbers of employees in employment in Wales relate to June 1972 and the most recent for industries to June 1971. Following is the available information:

The estimates for June 1969(a) and earlier dates are based on the 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and are not strictly comparable with the estimates for June 1969(b) and later dates which are based on the 1968 edition.

The industry groups included in the table are:

Standard Industrial Classification Extractive industries Manufacturing industries Service and other industries
1958 edition … … … Orders I to II Orders III to XVI Orders XVII to XXIV
1968 edition … … … Orders I to II Orders III to XIX Orders XX to XXVII

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