§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage of the work force engaged in (a) manufacturing industry, and (b) central and local government employment in the following countries, namely: the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Italy, Japan, France, West Germany, and Canada.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the percentage of the civilian labour force engaged in the manufacturing industries—defined as Orders III to XIX of the Standard Industrial Classification—in 1976:
Percentage United Kingdom 28.8 United States of America 22.9 Italy 31.3 Japan 25.0 France 26.2 West Germany 33.3 Canada 18.9 Sources:
OECD—"Labour Force Statistics"
ILO—"Year Book of Labour Statistics"
Due to substantial differences in national definitions and methods of compilation of the data, similar information on employment in central and local government is not available on a comparable or meaningful basis.