§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of people employed in each member State of the EEC, Canada and the United States of America in each year since 1960.
§ Mr. John GrantThe following table gives the size of the civilian labour force employed in each country for each year from 1960 to 1974, the latest date for which data are available. It is regretted that comparable data are not available from Luxembourg.
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SIZE OF THE CIVILIAN LABOUR FORCE EMPLOYED IN EACH MEMBER COUNTRY OF THE EEC, CANADA AND THE U.S.A. FROM 190 TO 1974*† (Thousands) United Kingdom‡ Belgium Denmark§ France Germany Ireland Italy Netherlands Canada U.S.A. 1960 … … … … 24,258 3,385 — 18,712 25,954 1,046 20,136 4,019 5,965 65,778 1961 … … … … 24,583 3,476 — 18,716 26,248 1,044 20,172 4,078 6,055 65,746 1962 … … … … 24,772 3,529 — 18,820 26,382 1,052 19,950 4,159 6,225 66,702 1963 … … … … 24,794 3,557 — 19,126 26,455 1,058 19,630 4,222 6,375 67,762 1964 … … … … 25,076 3,605 — 19,443 26,523 1,063 19,581 4,306 6,609 69,305 1965 … … … … 25,324 3,619 — 19,544 26,418 1,061 19,003 4,349 6,862 71,088 1966 … … … … 25,470 3,634 — 19,684 26,320 1,058 18,637 4,380 7,152 72,895 1967 … … … … 25,081 3,616 — 19,753 25,461 1,052 18,846 4,364 7,379 74,372 1968 … … … … 24,920 3,614 — 19,749 25,491 1,055 18,800 4,409 7,537 75,920 1969 … … … … 24,961 3,682 — 20,094 25,871 1,058 18,611 4,493 7,780 77,902 1970 … … … … 24,786 3,665 — 20,394 26,169 1,045 18,693 4,554 7,879 78,627 1971 … … … … 24,032 3,702 — 20,510 26,225 1,047 18,645 4,581 8,079 79,120 1972 … … … … 24,056 3,696 2,355 20,662 26,126 1,037 18,331 4,538 8,329 81,702 1973 … … … … 24,641 3,745 2,385 20,939 26,202 1,041 18,500 4,553║ 8,759 84,409 1974 … … … … 24,767║ 3,799 2,355 21,165║ 25,705║ 1,047 18,898 4,550║ 9,137 85,936 * The civilian labour force employed comprises employees in employment and employers and self employed. Usually no distinction is made between persons employed full time and those working less than full time. Members of the armed forces are not included in the figures. † For some countries the figures are estimated for the same single period in each year, not necessarily the same period for all countries, and for other countries they are annual averages. ‡The estimates of employees in employment included in the United Kingdom figures were based on counts of national insurance cards up to 1971 and on the censuses of employment from that date onwards. Other components of the figures i.e. the figures for employers and the self employed were not affected by this change. § Data for Denmark on this basis are not available prior to 1972. ║ Provisional figures. Source: ILO Yearbooks of Labour Statistics.
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§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of the working population employed in the public sector and unemployed in each year since 1960 in each member State of the EEC, Canada and the United States of America.
§ Mr. John GrantExcept for the United Kingdom, data showing the percentages of the working population employed in the public sector is not readily available. The following percentages, relating to the United Kingdom, are based on information published inEconomic Trends, February 1976:
Year Percentage 1960 … … … … 23.8 1961 … … … … 23.6 1962 … … … … 23.6 1963 … … … … 23.5 1964 … … … … 23.5 1965 … … … … 23.4 1966 … … … … 23.6 1967 … … … … 24.3
Belgium* Denmark† France‡ Germany‡ Ireland* 1960 … … 3.3 — 0.7 1.0 2.9 1961 … … 2.5 — 0.6 0.7 2.5 1962 … … 2.0 — 0.5 0.6 2.5 1963 … … 1.6 — 0.5 0.7 2.8 1964 … … 1.4 — 0.5 0.6 2.7 1965 … … 1.5 — 0.7 0.6 2.7 1966 … … 1.7 — 0.7 0.6 2.9 1967 … … 2.3 — 1.0 1.8 3.3 1968 … … 2.8 — 1.3 1.3 3.4 1969 … … 2.3 — 1.1 0.7 3.3 1970 … … 1.9 — 1.3 0.6 3.9 1971 … … 1.9 — 1.6 0.7 3.9 1972 … … 2.3 1.3 1.8 0.9 4.4 1973 … … 2.4 0.8 1.8 1.0 4.1 1974 … … 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.2 4.4 1975 … … 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 6.9
Italy § Netherlands ‡ United Kingdom ‡ Canada § USA § 1960 … … 4.2 0.7 1.5 7.5 5.5 1961 … … 3.5 0.5 1.4 7.7 6.7 1962 … … 3.1 0.5 1.9 6.3 5.5 1963 … … 2.6 0.6 2.2 5.9 5.7 1964 … … 2.8 0.5 1.6 4.9 5.2 1965 … … 3.8 0.6 1.4 4.1 4.5 1966 … … 4.1 0.8 1.4 3.7 3.8 1967 … … 3.6 1.7 2.2 4.1 3.8 1968 … … 3.6 1.5 2.3 4.8 3.6 1969 … … 3.5 1.2 2.3 4.7 3.5 1970 … … 3.2 1.0 2.5 5.9 4.9 1971 … … 3.2 1.3 3.2 6.4 5.9 1972 … … 3.7 2.3 3.5 6.3 5.6 1973 … … 3.5 2.4 2.5 5.6 4.9 1974 … … 2.9 2.9 2.4 5.4 5.6 1975 … … 3.3 4.2 3.9 7.1 8.5 * Unemployed insured under state social security scheme. † Unemployed insured under trade union schemes. ‡ Unemployed registered at local employment offices. § Labour force sample survey. Sources:
OECD Main Economic Indicators.
Eurostat.
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1968 … … … … 25.3 1969 … … … … 25.3 1970 … … … … 25.6 1971 … … … … 26.1 1972 … … … … 26.1 1973 … … … … 26.3 1974 … … … … 26.7 Note:
1. The definition of thee mployed labour force in the public sector is that used in the National Accounts.
2. Working population consists of employees in employment, employers and self-employed, Her Majesty's Forces, and registered unemployed excluding adult students.
The numbers unemployed in each country expressed as percentage of the civilian labour force—the nearest available equivalent to the working population—are given below. Statistics for Denmark are available only from 1972 and no figures are available for Luxembourg. Owing to national differences in coverage, concepts of unemployment and methods of compilation, the figures are not directly comparable.