HC Deb 24 February 1981 vol 999 c328W
56. Mr. Pollock

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of married women who came on to the labour market during the 1970s.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Estimates of the numbers of married women entering the labour market are not available, but the net increase in married women in the labour force in Great Britain between 1971 and 1979 is estimated to have been about 900,000.

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