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Mr. E. Johnson
asked the Minister of Labour how many men aged 45 to 55, 55 to 65 and over 65, respectively, were employed, and how many unemployed, at the latest date; and how many women aged 40 to 50, 50 to 60 and over 60, respectively, were employed, and how many unemployed, at that date.
Mr. Watkinson
The latest dates for which age-analyses of the total numbers of employees and of unemployed persons are available are May, 1952, and December, 1952, respectively. The table below gives the figures that are available for those dates:
| ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED AGE-GROUPS IN GREAT BRITAIN AT END-MAY, 1952, AND THE NUMBERS OF WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE SAME AGE-GROUPS AT 8TH DECEMBER, 1952 | |||
| Age Group | Estimated total number of employees (employed and unemployed) at end-May, 1952 | Number registered as wholly unemployed at 8th December, 1952* | |
| Men | |||
| 40–44 | … | 1,595,000 | 44,950† |
| 45–49 | … | 1,519,000 | |
| 50–54 | … | 1,288,000 | 25,986 |
| 55–64 | … | 1,819,000 | 53,385 |
| 65 and over | … | 525,000 | 5,082 |
| Women | |||
| 40–49 | … | 1,409,000 | 25,381 |
| 50–59 | … | 1,015,000 | 25,975 |
| 60 and over | … | 301,000 | 1,279 |
| * Excluding persons registered as temporarily stopped and unemployed casual workers, for whom an age-analysis is not available. | |||
| † Age-analysis of the numbers unemployed does not provide any sub-division of the age-group 40–49. | |||