HC Deb 10 February 1977 vol 925 cc779-83W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish two tables conveying the same basic information as that contained in Tables 4 and 8 of the Bullock Report, Cmnd. Paper No. 6706, but correcting all errors and including, instead of excluding, the self-employed as members of the labour force.

Mr. Harold Walker,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st January 1977; Vol. 925, c. 69], gave the following information:

Tables 4b and 8b below are the tables requested by the hon. Member; they refer to numbers of employees in employment plus the registered unemployed and the self-employed. Tables 4a and 8a do not include the self-employed, and are the same as tables 4 and 8 of the Bullock Report apart from the correction of two minor errors which have led to a number of amendments.

TABLE 4B
Year Total employeesplus self-employed (000s) Annual percentage change in previous column Total Union Membership (000s) Annual percentage change in Union Membership Density of Union Membership Per cent.
1948* n.a. 9.362 n.a.
n.a. n.a.
1958 24,064 9,639 40.1
n.a. n.a.
1963 25,283 10,067 39.8
n.a. n.a.
1968 25,453 10,193 40.0
0.0 +2.7
1969 25,456 10,472 41.1
-0.4 +6.8
1970 25,348 11,179 44.1
-0.8 -0.5
1971 25,140 11,127 44.3
+0.2 +2.0
1972 25,202 11,349 45.0
+1.3 +0.8
1973 25,539 11,444 44.8
+0.3 +2.7
1974 25,614 11,755 45.9
* An estimate of persons self-employed in the United Kingdom in 1948 was not compiled.
† See footnote to Table 4A.
TABLE 8A
Total employees*(000's) Union Membership (000's) Density Per cent.
Total 23,339 11,755 50.4
less Public Sector† 6,053 5,079
17,286 6,676 38.6
less Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 428 100
16,858 6,576 39.0
less Distribution 2,810 322
14,048 6,254 44.5
less Construction 1,429 388
12,619 5,866 46.5
less miscellaneous services and other private sector services‡ 2,916
9,703 5,866 60.5
less manufacturing establishments with less than 100 workers 1,487 297
8,216 5,569 67.8
less manufacturing establishments with between 100 and 200 workers 870 348
7,346 5,221 71.1
* Estimates of the sum of employees in employment (derived from the 1974 census of employment) and the registered unemployed. Hence, the total figure differs from the estimate shown in Table 4a which was based primarily on counts of national insurance cards (for comparability with estimates for previous years).
† As defined by Price and Bain.
‡ As defined by the Bullock Report, Table 8.
TABLE 8B
Total employees plus self-employed (000's) Union Membership (000's) Density Per cent.
Total 25,264 11,755 46.5
less Public Sector 6,053 5,079
19,211 6,676 34.8
less Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 694 100
18,517 6,576 35.5
less Distribution 3,254 322
15,263 6,254 41.0
less Construction 1,867 388
13,396 5,866 43.8
less miscellaneous services and other private sector services 3,491
9,905 5,866 59.2
less manufacturing establishments with less than 100 workers 1,610 297
8,295 5,569 67.1
less manufacturing establishments with between 100 and 200 workers 870 348
7,425 5,221 70.3
See footnotes to Table 8A.