§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of total employment in the United Kingdom is currently represented by the nationalised industries and services.
§ Mr. GummerOn the latest available estimates the nationalised industries' share of the employed labour force in the United Kingdom at mid 1982 was 6.3 per cent.
§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the absolute number of employees in the nationalised industries and services in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GummerThe latest estimates are included in the February 1983 issue of "Economic Trends" published by the Central Statistical Office, a copy of which is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the share of employees in public corporations as a percentage of the total employed labour force in the United Kingdom at each mid year since 1979.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives the numbers employed in public corporations as a percentage of the total United Kingdom employed labour force (at June):
Per cent. 1979 8.2 1980 8.2 1981 7.7 1982 7.4