§ Mr. GoldingVery approximate estimates can be made by applying the proportion of male employees in various age groups as shown by the 1976 Family Expenditure Survey to the total number of male employees in the annual census of employment for June 1976. Because of the small size of the survey reliable figures for individual years of age cannot be calculated. However, it is estimated that in 1976 the number of male employees in employment in Great Britain in the age group 60–64 was of the order of 1 million.
§ Mr. Stoddartasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state how many men aged 64 years are registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingThe half-yearly age analysis of the unemployed provides information for age ranges but does not separately identify those aged 64. At 14th 191W July, the latest date for which this information is available, the number of unemployed men aged 60–64 in Great Britain was 124,755.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment by what percentage the number of men employed in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, has dropped since 1964.
§ Mr. GoldingBetween June 1964 and June 1977 the numbers of male employees in employment in England, Scotland and Wales decreased by 9, 11 and 14 per cent. respectively.