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25.
Mr. Mikardo
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in the United Kingdom in the month of May in each of the years from 1971 to 1978 inclusive.
Mr. Golding
For the United Kingdom, employment estimates are available for June in each of the years 1971 to 1977. The table of figures is as follows:
| EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT: UNITED KINGDOM (Thousands) | |||
| June each year | |||
| 1971 | … | … | 22,122 |
| 1972 | … | … | 22,120 |
| 1973 | … | … | 22,662 |
| 1974 | … | … | 22,790 |
| 1975 | … | … | 22,707 |
| 1976 | … | … | 22,539 |
| 1977* | … | … | 22,664 |
| *Provisional. | |||