§ 55. Mr. Ripponasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are being paid wages and salaries from public funds; and what percentage of the working population this represents.
§ Mr. BoothAccording to the latest ana1ysis, published in the January 1975 issue ofEconomic Trends, in June 1973 there were 1,969,000 persons employed by central Government, 2,714,000 by local authorities and 1,858,000 by public corporations. The total of 6,541,000 was 26.2 per cent. of the total employed labour force.