Employee Activity Rates

HC Deb 24 April 1980 vol 983 c258W

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the employee activity rates for males and for females, respectively, for Wales for each year from 1966 onwards.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Information for 1966, 1971, 1975 and 1977 is given in the following table. Comparable figures for the other years are not available.

	Economic Activity Rates
	Males	Females
1966	81.1	33.4
1971	78.8	35.9
1975	78.7	39.8
1977 *	75.6	40.7
* Provisional