§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total manpower employed in the local government service in Great Britain in each year since 1970, including 1978; and what was the proportion of the employed population this represented in each year, and the proportion of total public sector employees this represented each year.
TABLE 1: GREAT BRITAIN At mid year Total l. a. employment (thousands Percentage of employed labour force Percentageof publicsector employees 1976 2,871 11.9 Not available 1977* 2,842 11.7 Not available 1978* 2,856 11.7 Not available * Provisional.
TABLE 2: UNITED KINGDOM At mid year Total l. a. employment* (thousands) Percentage of employed labour force Percentage of public sector employees 1970 2,559 10.3 39.4 1971 2,651 10.9 40.2 1972 2,771 11.4 41.5 1973 2,890 11.6 42.6 1974 2,844 11.3 41.1 1975 2,993 12.0 41.2 1976 3,022 12.2 41.3 1977† 2,999 12.1 40.6 1978 Not available Not available Not available * Includes additions for parish council staff. † Provisional. Notes:
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- 1. The employed labour force comprises employees in employment, the self employed (with or without employees) and members of H. M. Forces.
- 2. Public sector employees include central government including the National Health Service and H. M. Forces, local authorities, public corporations and nationalised industries.
1975 derelict land grant was increased in these areas to 100 per cent.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettAvailable information about total local authority manpower and the proportion this forms of the employed labour force and of total public sector employees is given in the following tables 1 and 2. Table 1 shows the available information for Great Britain. More comprehensive figures are available on a United Kingdom basis and these are shown in table 2.