§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring the figures shown at the bottom of Table 13 in the 1974 Blue Book, National Income and Expenditure, up to June 1974, showing total employment in the public sector at that date, together with numbers employed by public corporations, central Government civilians and local authorities, respectively.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information is not yet available.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total number of employees in all sections of Government service, excluding the Armed Forces, but including all local authority, water board, Post Office and area health authority employees, in 1960 and 1974; and what percentages of the total working population for the year in question this represents.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonAt June 1960 the total was 3,379,000, or 13.6 per cent. of the total working population in employment. Figures for 1974 are not yet available.