§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the total number of unemployed women who are not registered at employment exchanges.
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§ Mr. AlisonI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) on 11 February 1982.—[Vol. 17, c. 437.]
§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the number of women aged 16 to 59 years in employment as a percentage of the total female population for that age group for each of the past four years.
§ Mr. AlisonEstimates of the numbers of women in employment aged 16 to 59 years represented as a percentage of the total female population for that age group are given in the following table:
Female employed labour force aged 16 to 59 as a percentage of total female population aged 16 to 59 (Great Britain) Percentage June 1978 59 June 1979 60 June 1980 59 June 1981 56