§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of total United Kingdom employment was represented by State (public) enterprise including the National Enterprise Board and its subsidiaries in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing is the information readily available:
EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC CORPORATIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE, UNITED KINGDOM AT EACH MID-YEAR 1976 80 1977 8.4 1978 8.3 1979 8.3 Most of the aerospace and shipbuilding industries were nationalised in 1977, resulting in the transfer of about 150,000 employees (0 6 per cent. of the employed labour force) to the public corporations sector from the private sector.
The figures include employees of the National Enterprise Board but not its subsidiary companies, which are treated as part of the companies sector in the national accounts.