§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ask the Central Statistical Office to publish the annual figures of employment analysed by sector of employment as soon as they are available each year, instead of waiting until publication of the annual National Income and Expenditure Blue Book.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe provisional figures cannot normally be completed much before the Blue Book goes to press. However, they will in future be published as soon as they are ready, without waiting for publication of the Blue Book.
§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures for employment by sector for June 1975 comparable with those for June 1974 published in table 13 of last year's National Income and Expenditure Blue Book.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesFollowing is the information:
EMPLOYMENT* ANALYSED BY SECTOR June 1974 (revised) June 1975 (thousands) (provisional) Private sector† 18,199 17,690 Public sector: Public corporations 1,930 2,008 Central Government: HM Forces 345 336 Civilians 1,742 1,910 Local authorities 2,844 3,024 Total 6,861 7,278 Total working population in employment 25,060 24,968 * Part-time employees are counted as one person. † Including self-employed.