HC Deb 07 June 1976 vol 912 cc566-7W
Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total number of people employed in the public bodies for which he is responsible.

Mr. Les Huckfield

From the latest available figures the total is approximately 646,000.

Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the total cost to public funds of the public bodies for which he is responsible.

Mr. Les Huckfield

About £337 million in 1975–76. The total excludes capital investment by the nationalised industries and National Enterprise Board, and payments to public corporations—such as loans drawn from the National Loans Fund, and issues of public dividend capital—not classified as public expenditure. The total also excludes the expenses of the English Industrial Estates Corporation, which form part of the cost of the factory building programme.