§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total of (a) persons and (b) full-time equivalents employed in the (i) Civil Service, (ii) armed services, (iii) National Health Service, (iv) local authorities and (v) nationalised industries throughout the United Kingdom in 1985–86; and what were the comparable figures with 1979–80.
§ Mr. MacGregorNumbers in thousands were as follows: