§ Lord Bruce-Gardyneasked Her Majesty's Government:
What' was the ratio of persons in employment to total population of working age at the latest available date and in 1979, 1974, 1970 and 1964 respectively; and what were the corresponding figures for France, West Germany, Italy, United States and Japan respectively.
§ Lord Young of GraffhamThe following table shows the ratio of total employment to the population aged 15 to 64 for countries and years requested, up to the latest available common date.
Total employment as a percentage of population aged 15 to 64:
1982 1979 1974 1970 1964 United Kingdom 65.5 71.1 71.7 70.8 71.2 France 61.4 64.0 65.7 66.1 66.7 Germany (FR) 61.0 64.6 67.0 69.1 70.1 Italy (1) 55.3 55.8 55.6 56.3 60.0 USA 65.7 67.6 64.8 63.6 62.1 Japan 70.6 70.3 69.9 71.2 71.4 Note: (1) Figures relate to population aged 14 to 64
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 'Labour Force Statistics' supplemented for United Kingdom by Department of Employment, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, General Register Office (Scotland) and General Register Office (Northern Ireland) data.