§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the proportion of the working population (a) employed in the public sector and (b) unemployed in each member country of the EEC, the United States of America, Japan and Canada in each of the last three available years.
Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg 1975 … … 4.2 3.9 5.7 4.1 5.3 0.2 1976 … … 4.1 4.3 6.0 4.4 6.8 0.3 1977 … … 4.0 4.9 7.0 4.3 7.8 0.6
United Kingdom Ireland Denmark United States Japan Canada 1975 … … 3.8 8.8 4.6 8.5 1.9 6.9 1976 … … 5.3 9.8 4.7 7.7 2.0 7.1 1977 … … 5.8 9.7 5.9 7.0 2.0 8.1 Source: EEC countries—Statistical Office EEC (based on registered unemployed). Other countries—United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (based on United States concepts).