HC Deb 05 February 1976 vol 904 cc742-52W
Mr. Peter Rees

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers employed on 1st January in each of the last 10 years, set out by regions, in the Civil Service, local government service, the Armed Services, the nationalised industries, private industry and agriculture.

Mr. Harold Walker

Regional employment estimates are available analysed according to the Standard Industrial Classification but not separately for the private and public sectors. The first table below provides for each mid-year an analysis showing the numbers of employees in employment in national Government service—Minimum List Heading 901, but excluding the Armed Services, of the Standard Industrial Classification; local government service (MLH 906); agriculture and horticulture (MLH 001); and also certain industries which were wholly or largely in public ownership for most or all of the period.

The second table provides the information available about the Armed Services.

The estimates for 1974 are for the revised standard regions effective from 1st April 1974. The estimates for that year for the [...]outh-East, South-West, East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, North-West and North Regions are not fully comparable with those for earlier dates.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
(Minimum List Heading 901 of the Standard Industrial Classification—excluding the Armed Services)
(Thousands)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 251.8 16.7 50.4 33.5 22.4 21.9 40.4 30.8 23.1 41.7
1966(a) … … … 260.1 16.2 51.9 34.2 21.9 22.8 41.2 32.2 22.8 43.0
(b) … … … 259.7 16.2 51.9 34.2 21.9 22.8 41.2 32.1 22.8 43.0
1967 … … … … 258.5 16.5 53.3 34.2 22.3 23.4 44.0 33.0 22.4 46.7
1968 … … … … 275.8 13.6 55.9 32.5 23.3 24.9 43.5 36.3 22.3 46.0
1969(a) … … … 268.3 13.3 57.4 31.2 21.4 23.8 41.0 34.6 20.6 44.9
(b) … … … 269.9 13.1 50.4 30.8 20.8 23.5 40.1 34.7 20.6 44.1
1970 … … … … 257.4 13.4 49.3 31.6 21.1 24.1 41.0 34.9 21.4 44.9
1971(a) … … … 258.0 12.6 52.7 30.9 19.5 23.8 44.7 34.6 20.8 46.0
(b) … … … 271.6 12.7 53.7 32.0 21.7 25.9 44.4 35.6 25.0 46.9
1972 … … … … 273.1 12.7 54.0 32.8 22.3 27.0 45.7 37.0 27.3 48.1
1973 … … … … 277.1 12.2 53.0 32.7 22.0 27.3 46.9 36.3 29.0 48.0
1974 … … … … 262.1 12.1 54.6 32.8 22.2 30.9 47.4 33.7 29.0 48.5
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE (MLH 906)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 279.9 19.3 46.4 61.8 40.4 62.3 91.7 41.9 41.8 73.0
1966(a) … … … 290.5 21.8 51.7 68.6 41.9 63.3 93.4 43.6 43.3 71.1
(b) … … … 291.8 21.8 51.6 68.0 41.9 63.3 93.5 42.0 43.2 70.9
1967 … … … … 306.7 23.8 51.9 66.8 43.5 68.7 101.0 43.5 45.5 73.8
1968 … … … … 306.5 22.3 50.9 70.2 43.9 64.4 98.4 43.4 43.6 74.6
1969(a) … … … 309.0 24.8 48.7 65.9 43.8 65.5 95.0 47.1 43.9 72.9
(b) … … … 310.3 24.7 48.7 65.9 43.8 65.6 95.4 47.0 43.9 74.9
1970 … … … … 329.3 24.3 48.6 66.2 45.2 47.1 95.8 46.1 43.5 76.2
1971(a) … … … 341.8 25.5 48.5 65.9 46.0 63.9 103.6 45.4 41.3 82.1
(b) … … … 344.0 20.8 51.2 82.4 52.4 64.2 107.6 46.1 51.7 83.7
1972 … … … … 351.0 21.1 53.0 83.3 49.7 67.5 118.7 47.8 52.9 88.8
1973 … … … … 356.1 21.9 57.4 87.5 52.3 70.0 119.7 49.8 52.6 92.8
1974 … … … … 348.1 21.5 60.0 84.2 69.1 83.8 119.8 48.4 46.4 96.1
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (MLH 001)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 114.8 58.9 51.2 33.8 36.8 31.2 18.7 23.1 12.9 63.6
1966(a) … … … 106.7 57.9 50.7 31.9 35.8 30.4 18.6 21.8 13.2 58.6
(b) … … … 106.0 57.7 50.5 31.8 36.0 30.1 18.4 21.8 13.1 58.5
1967 … … … … 98.8 53.6 45.9 30.5 34.1 28.0 17.5 19.7 12.4 52.3
1968 … … … … 96.0 54.3 44.4 29.3 32.4 24.9 15.2 18.5 10.9 50.9
1969(a) … … … 90.6 50.3 41.1 27.7 31.9 24.6 14.0 17.7 10.9 48.3
(b) … … … 90.6 50.2 40.4 27.6 31.9 24.5 13.9 17.7 10.9 48.1
1970 … … … … 86.3 49.1 36.2 26.2 29.1 23.6 12.4 16.8 10.1 45.9
1971(a) … … … 81.6 43.3 34.5 24.0 26.8 21.2 12.0 16.4 8.9 42.1
(b) … … … 88.3 47.9 50.5 33.5 32.9 28.2 18.9 22.8 25.7 47.3
1972 … … … … 86.8 46.6 50.6 33.4 32.6 28.9 18.9 22.8 24.7 46.7
1973 … … … … 86.8 46.7 51.1 34.2 34.5 29.5 19.2 23.2 26.2 45.1
1974 … … … … 83.8 44.4 49.4 32.6 38.1 30.0 17.5 16.0 25.5 43.5
IRON AND STEEL (MLH 311 and 312)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 8.9 — 0.7 55.6 19.0 97.4 19.9 49.3 77.1 33.4
1966(a) … … … 9.2 — 0.8 55.7 19.9 94.0 18.4 46.3 76.6 33.0
(b) … … … 8.8 — 0.8 56.4 19.9 94.0 18.2 46.5 77.0 31.9
1967 … … … … 7.8 — 0.9 53.6 19.5 86.9 16.8 44.0 75.1 32.5
1968 … … … … 7.4 0.3 0.9 51.6 19.0 85.6 16.0 43.8 75.1 29.0
1969(a) … … … 8.2 0.3 1.0 51.6 19.3 86.4 16.0 41.7 76.1 30.5
(b) … … … 8.2 — — 51.1 19.3 85.5 15.2 40.9 76.1 30.5
1970 … … … … 7.9 — 1.0 49.9 19.6 86.0 13.7 46.0 75.9 29.8
1971(a) … … … 7.9 — — 50.1 18.5 79.0 13.5 38.9 71.3 28.5
(b) … … … 7.1 — — 50.8 20.0 81.0 12.8 43.2 74.0 30.5
1972 … … … … 7.3 — — 48.5 23.1 73.0 9.4 39.2 71.6 27.9
1973 … … … … 6.6 — 1.0 45.3 22.6 73.9 9.4 40.4 70.7 28.4
1974 … … … … 7.4 — 1.4 44.3 22.4 70.6 8.8 40.5 69.1 27.9
COAL MINING (MLH 101)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 8.0 — 2.4 42.5 97.9 118.7 33.1 113.5 84.1 59.2
1966(a) … … … 8.5 — 1.8 39.5 92.9 112.1 28.7 100.7 75.2 53.5
(b) … … … 8.5 — 1.8 39.5 92.9 112.1 28.7 100.7 75.2 53.5
1967 … … … … 8.0 — 1.7 38.7 89.7 108.4 28.5 93.5 69.4 50.0
1968 … … … … 7.6 — 1.0 32.2 84.0 98.2 22.6 78.3 60.7 42.8
1969(a) … … … 7.1 — 1.0 27.8 78.4 92.6 17.8 65.5 54.0 38.8
(b) … … … 7.1 — 1.0 28.0 78.4 92.6 17.8 65.4 53.9 38.7
1970 … … … … 6.7 — — 27.6 72.5 88.8 16.8 61.2 49.0 36.1
1971(a) … … … 6.4 — — 26.7 71.3 86.8 15.1 60.7 44.3 36.2
(b) … … … 6.2 — — 25.2 71.1 84.9 14.6 61.1 46.4 35.6
1972 … … … … 6.0 — — 24.0 69.0 81.2 13.8 57.8 44.3 33.2
1973 … … … … 5.6 — — 22.9 67.1 79.9 13.3 53.3 41.7 31.2
1974 … … … … 5.1 — — 22.7 64.8 77.5 13.0 48.5 38.8 29.0
GAS (MLH 601)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 49.1 2.4 6.7 10.5 5.6 10.4 15.8 6.3 4.8 9.3
1966(a) … … … 48.7 2.6 6.6 10.4 6.8 10.6 16.3 6.6 5.1 9.4
(b) … … … 48.4 2.6 6.6 10.4 6.8 10.6 16.3 6.6 5.1 9.4
1967 … … … … 49.8 2.6 6.6 11.5 6.2 10.1 16.9 6.7 5.0 9.1
1968 … … … … 50.2 2.1 6.2 11.3 7.8 10.4 16.9 6.9 4.8 9.1
1969(a) … … … 49.3 2.3 5.8 10.2 7.6 10.1 16.5 7.1 5.4 8.3
(b) … … … 49.3 2.3 5.8 10.3 7.6 10.1 16.5 7.1 5.4 8.3
1970 … … … … 50.1 1.6 6.2 10.1 7.9 10.4 15.7 7.1 4.9 8.2
1971(a) … … … 47.3 1.4 5.9 10.2 7.1 10.1 15.8 7.0 5.1 8.1
(b) … … … 46.6 2.3 6.1 10.3 7.1 10.8 15.6 7.2 4.5 8.0
1972 … … … … 42.3 2.0 5.9 9.6 7.2 10.7 13.7 7.0 4.7 7.7
1973 … … … … 41.0 1.8 5.3 9.1 7.0 10.3 12.8 7.1 4.6 7.4
1974 … … … … 39.7 1.8 6.1 8.7 6.7 10.0 12.2 7.4 4.3 7.3
ELECTRICITY (MLH 602)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 80.7 7.6 19.9 21.8 14.5 23.6 28.2 12.9 15.4 20.7
1966(a) … … … 83.3 8.4 20.9 22.3 15.9 25.4 28.8 13.0 15.4 21.3
(b) … … … 83.3 8.4 20.9 22.3 15.9 25.4 28.7 13.0 15.4 21.3
1967 … … … … 82.7 8.3 20.6 22.7 16.9 23.8 28.7 13.1 15.6 20.2
1968 … … … … 78.2 8.0 19.4 21.7 16.6 23.5 26.5 12.5 15.1 19.9
1969(a) … … … 73.3 8.0 18.0 20.7 16.2 21.5 25.8 12.1 14.1 19.6
(b) … … … 73.3 8.0 18.0 20.7 16.2 21.5 25.9 121. 14.1 19.6
1970 … … … … 68.4 7.9 17.9 19.7 15.1 20.0 24.4 11.5 13.5 18.0
1971(a) … … … 63.7 8.6 16.9 20.5 13.3 19.6 23.9 10.4 12.5 18.3
(b) … … … 65.0 6.8 16.6 18.5 13.7 19.2 23.3 11.2 12.3 19.4
1972 … … … … 60.2 6.4 16.8 17.5 14.0 17.9 21.0 9.6 11.2 17.9
1973 … … … … 56.2 6.2 16.8 17.1 14.1 18.1 19.3 9.4 11.2 17.6
1974 … … … … 53.5 6.3 17.9 16.9 13.8 18.2 20.3 9.5 11.4 17.6
RAILWAYS (MLH 701)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 121.5 10.5 21.2 23.9 24.9 34.9 43.5 23.0 20.0 38.7
1966(a) … … … 116.0 11.4 18.4 21.4 21.5 31.7 40.2 19.3 17.3 32.7
(b) … … … 116.0 11.4 18.4 21.4 21.5 31.7 40.3 19.3 17.3 32.7
1967 … … … … 111.6 8.9 16.1 21.6 20.5 30.5 38.6 17.4 15.8 30.9
1968 … … … … 108.8 8.5 15.4 17.1 16.9 28.7 38.8 14.5 13.8 29.0
1969(a) … … … 99.2 7.5 12.1 15.6 15.1 26.8 34.5 13.4 13.3 25.6
(b) … … … 98.8 7.5 12.2 15.6 15.1 26.8 34.5 13.2 13.3 25.2
1970 … … … … 96.7 7.3 12.0 15.3 14.8 26.3 33.9 12.9 13.2 24.8
1971(a) … … … 97.4 7.4 13.0 16.6 15.0 24.4 34.1 12.9 13.3 23.9
(b) … … … 91.4 6.5 11.6 12.7 14.7 24.9 28.6 12.8 13.0 23.6
1972 … … … … 93.4 6.8 11.5 13.0 14.8 25.2 29.3 12.8 12.8 22.1
1973 … … … … 88.5 6.0 10.7 11.7 12.3 22.5 25.5 11.9 11.8 21.8
1974 … … … … 86.7 6.1 11.2 11.6 13.7 21.9 23.3 11.7 11.8 21.6
POSTAL SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MLH 708)
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland
1965 … … … … 187.7 12.1 29.2 33.0 18.3 24.9 41.6 14.6 17.6 37.3
1966(a) … … … 191.4 12.1 30.4 35.6 18.7 25.6 41.1 15.5 19.2 38.2
(b) … … … 191.3 12.1 30.3 35.5 18.7 25.6 41.1 15.5 19.2 38.2
1967 … … … … 191.3 12.5 31.1 36.1 18.4 26.1 42.3 16.0 20.1 38.1
1968 … … … … 198.9 12.7 30.5 36.9 16.2 26.5 44.3 15.6 19.0 38.3
1969(a) … … … 196.4 16.3 28.3 36.5 19.2 26.3 49.2 14.7 17.2 37.3
(b) … … … 195.4 16.4 28.3 36.7 19.2 26.2 49.5 14.6 16.6 37.3
1970 … … … … 209.3 16.2 29.1 39.4 19.9 27.2 52.3 15.3 17.5 39.1
1971(a) … … … 213.3 17.1 29.4 38.6 20.5 27.7 53.7 15.5 17.6 39.0
(b) … … … 202.4 11.9 27.7 35.1 19.0 24.6 48.1 14.9 16.4 35.5
1972 … … … … 199.5 11.9 27.5 36.8 18.4 24.7 47.9 15.5 16.7 35.5
1973 … … … … 198.3 12.6 28.9 36.6 20.1 24.9 48.3 14.8 16.1 35.7
1974 … … … … 192.3 12.7 32.7 36.3 21.2 25.4 47.6 14.3 16.2 35.5

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