Forms

HC Deb 01 July 1976 vol 914 cc259-61W

Mr. Hordern

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many forms are issued by his Department, or by agencies

ment, (c) central Government, local government and public corporations, and (d) the private sector.

Mr. Denzil Davies

Estimates for 1975 of total income from employment, sub-divided by sector, are not yet available and those for the earlier years have not been revised since my right hon. Friend's answer of 5th December 1975. For the whole economy the latest figures are:

					£ million
1972	…	…	…	…	37,485
1973	…	…	…	…	43,182
1974	…	…	…	…	52,410
1975	…	…	…	…	67,804

The latest estimates of employees in employment in each sector were published in the February 1976 issue of Economic Trends. I regret that the figures for the whole economy given in the earlier answer incorrectly included employers and the self-employed together with employees. The figures should have been shown as follows:

(thousands)
			Total Economy excluding employers and self-employed	(Total Economy) (total employed labour force)
1968	…	…	23,050	(24,845)
1969	…	…	22,999	(24,875)
1970	…	…	22,843	(24,738)
1971	…	…	22,490	(24,400)
1972	…	…	22,491	(24,428)
1973	…	…	23,023	(25,002)
1974	…	…	23,135	(25,112)

(The figures relates to June of each year and count part-time employees as full units).

On the basis of their figure, income from employment per employee is as follows:

of which he is the sponsoring Minister; how many people or organisations are invited to respond to each of them; and what, briefly, is the general purpose of each.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

Regarding the number of forms issued, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8th March 1976 to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Mr. Price). I regret that the remaining information sought could be provided only at disproportionate cost.