Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the size of the working population of Wales for each of the last 10 years and the percentage of the total population that each figure represents in each year.
412Wtotal population of Wales and of the working population of Wales for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John FraserThe information requested is given in the following table:
§ Mr. John FraserThe information requested is given in the following table:
Year Working population of Wales (excluding H.M. Forces) (thousands) Percentage of the home population of Wales June 1964 … 1,105 41.4 June 1965 … 1,110 41.3 June 1966 … 1,111 41.2 June 1967 … 1,094 40.5 June 1968 … 1,092 40.4 June l969(a) … 1,074 39.6 (b) … 1,080 39.8 June 1970 … 1,077 39.6 June 1971(a) … 1,081 39.7 (b) … 1,113 40.9 June 1972 … 1,125 41.1 June 1973 … 1,141 41.5 Notes:
1. In 1969, better information was obtained on the regional distribution of persons employed in the distributive trades.
2. Estimates of employees in employment up to 1971 (a) were based primarily on counts of national insurance cards. From 1971(b) estimates have been based on annual censuses of employment.
Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion respectively of the populations in England, Scotland and Wales was 413W economically active at the most recent convenient date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothThe following information based on the results of the 1971 Census of Population shows the economically active as a percentage of the relevant total population aged 15 and over:
per cent. England … … … 61.5 Scotland … … … 60.6 Wales … … … 56.2