HC Deb 28 October 1981 vol 10 cc376-7W
Mr. Greenway

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were of working age in each year from and including 1945.

Mr. Peter Morrison:

The numbers of people of working age in Great Britain in the years for which information is readily available are given in the following table below:

1951 31.2
1961 32.0
1962 32.4
1963 32.5
1964 32.6
1965 32.6
1966 32.6
1967 32.6
1968 32.5
1969 32.4
1970 32.4
1971 32.4
1972 32.4
1973 31.6
1974 31.7
1975 31.7
1976 31.8
1977 32.0
1978 322
1979 32.4
1980 32.5
1981 32.7
  1. * Males aged 15 to 64 and females aged 15 to 59 to 1972 and those aged 16 to 64 and 16 to 59 respectively from 1973 when the school-leaving age was raised.