§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) people and (b) males aged 16 years or over were recorded by the 1991 census in Scotland as economically inactive; and what percentage these figures represent of the population in each case.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 21 May 1993]: In the 1991 census of population there were 1,581,059 persons in Scotland who were aged 16 and over and economically inactive. This figure is 39.6 per cent. of all persons aged 16 and over. The corresponding figures for males are 510,718 and 27.2.