§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the ratio of economically non-active persons to the number of persons engaged in manufacturing industry in Wales, Scotland and England, respectively.
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§ Mr. BoothResults from the Census of Population held in April 1971 show the following ratios of inactive persons to persons engaged in manufacturing industries:
Numbers of inactive persons '000 Numbers employed in manufacturing industries '000 Ratio of Col. (1) to Col. (2) (1) (2) (3) Wales 1,560 337 4.6=1 Scotland 2,875 694 4.1=1 England 24,409 7,105 3.4=1 The inactive includes such groups as children aged under 15, students, retired persons and housewives. Because of the varied constituents of the number of economically inactive no particular significance should be attached to these ratios.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the economic activity rate for men and women, respectively, for Wales, Scotland and England for the most recent available date; and, in so doing, if he will include the definition of economically active persons used for this purpose.
§ Mr. BoothInformation from the Census of Population held in April 1971 enabled the following activity rates for persons aged 15 and over to be calculated:
(Per cent.) Males Females Wales 78.6 35.6 Scotland 81.4 42.4 England 81.7 43.1 The definition of the economically active used in this calculation is that given in full on page IX of the publication of "Census 1971 Great Britain, Economic Activity Part II (10 per cent, sample)". It includes persons in employment in the census week—other than students—and those out of employment seeking work, waiting to take up a job or prevented from seeking work by temporary sickness or injury.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the ratio between the number of employees and self-employed persons in employment and the total population for Wales, Scotland and the 622W regions of England for the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. BoothResults from the Census of Population held in April 1971, show that persons in employment—employees and self-employed—formed the following percentages of the total population aged 15 and over at that time:
Wales 52.2 Scotland 56.2 Northern 55.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 57.4 North Western 58.0 East Midlands 59.6 West Midlands 61.2 East Anglia 56.4 South Eastern 59.8 South Western 54.1 Great Britain 580