§ Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the United Kingdom and Great Britain in 653W each year since 1964 (a) the number of persons employed in the Civil Service;(b) the number of persons employed in local government, (c) the number employed in the nationalised industries, including the Post Office, (d) the total working population and the corresponding figures for each EEC country in the same period.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16th March 1973;Vol. 928, c. 204], gave the following information:
Mid-year estimates for the United Kingdom of the total working population and of the total numbers employed in (a) the
TABLE I NUMBER EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 000'S (a) (b) (c) (d) year Civil Service* Number employed in Local government Public corporation† Total working population 1964 … … … … 655.4 798.5 2,085 25,295 1965 … … … … 654.9 803.5 2,028 25,498 1966 … … … … 663.8 836.8 1,974 25,632 1967 … … … … 682.1 875.5 1,947 25,490 1968 … … … … 690.7 868.7 2,083 25,378 1969 … … … … 683.1 867.2 2,045 25,370 1970 … … … … 701.8 890.4 2,016 25,300 1971 … … … … 697.2 913.7 2,001 25,123 1972 … … … … 689.1 942.9 1,924 25,194 1973 … … … … 693.3 969.3 1,889 25,545 1974 … … … … 690.4 985.8 1,955 25,602 1975 … … … … 708.0 1,004.6 2,003‡ 25,834 * This figure is on a full-time equivalent basis, part-time staff being counted as half units, at 1st July each year. † Prior to 1971 part-time workers in the Post Office were counted as half-units. ‡ Nationalised industries including the Post Office 1,742,000, other public corporations 261,000. Sources: (a) Civil Service Statistics, (b) Department of Employment Gazette October 1975 and September 1976, (c) Economic Trends, February, 1976 and 1977, (d) Department of Employment Gazette.