§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what information he has on the maximum operational altitude 88W information could only be extracted at disproportionate cost.
1974 Thousands 1976 Persons employed by: Central government* 94 105 Local government† 147 155 Major public corporations‡ 161 152 * Non-industrial civil servants at 1st January Industrial civil servants and HM Forces at June; and NHS staff (including general medical, dental and ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic and dispensing opticians contracted to the Family Practitioner Committees of the NHS, totalling 2,312 in 1974 and 2,425 in 1976) at 30th September. † 1974 (June) data, adjusted to take account of certain excluded categories, from Department of Employment: 1976 (June) figures from the Joint Manpower Watch Survey ‡ At June each year: comprising Minimum List Heading 101 (coal-mining), 601–3 (gas, electricity and water), 701 (railways), 702 (road passenger transport, less estimates of number employed by municipal operators), 706 (post and telecommunications), and British Steel Corporation employees.