§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total number of people in employment in (a) July 1945, (b) October 1951, (c) October 1964, (d) June 1970, (e) February 1974 and (f) February 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingThe table below gives the available information. Because of changes in the method of making employment estimates in 1948, a consistent series of figures from 1945 to 1951 does not exist. Accordingly, two figures are given for 1948 on the old and the new basis. Because of a later discontinuity, two figures are also given for 1964. Details174W of the methods used to produce the estimates are given in British Labour Statistics—Historical Abstract 1886–1968 (Appendix B and footnotes to pp 218–220) and Department of Employment Gazettes for March 1975 (pp. 193–196), December 1976 (pp. 1344–1346) and June 1977 (pp. 604–605).
Numbers in the employed labour force in Great Britain1 Thousands July 1945 … 21,506 July 1948 (1) … 19,910 July 1948 (2) … 22,504 September 1951 … 23,125 September 1964 (1) … 25,099 September 1964 (2) … 24,569 June 1970 … 24,197 March 1974 … 24,345 March 1977 … 24,163* (1) The employed labour force comprises employees in employment, the self-employed (with or without employees) and Her Majesty's Forces. * Provisional estimate NOTES
(i) the above figures include no allowance for seasonal variations.
(ii) where there are no figures for the months requested, those for the nearest available month have been used.