§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been in employment in each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Jim LesterConsistent estimates of the numbers of employees in employment are available only from 1948. Following is the information for Great Britain for each mid-year from 1948.
Thousands 1948 19,994 1949 20,064 1950 20,318 1951 20,526 1952 20,489 1953 20,609 1954 20,961 1955 21,258 1956 21,517 1957 21,610 1958 21,450 1959(a) 21,565 1959(b) 20,983 1960 21,450 1961 21,789 1962 22,006 1963 22,060 1964 22,362 1965 22,619 1966 22,787 1967 22,347 1968 22,186 1969 22,148 1970 21,993 1971 21,648 1972 21,650 1973 22,182 1974 22,297 1975 22,213 1976 22,048 1977 22,172 1978 22,221 1979 22,367 Notes: 1. Figures from 1948 to 1959(a) are based on the mid-year counts of national insurance cards and are not strictly comparable with those for 1959(b) which put the figures for 1959(b) to 1970 on the same basis as those thereafter which are derived from the census of employment. 2. Figures from 1977 to 1979 are from the quarterly employment series and are provisional.