§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, for those Departments for which the number of civil servants and local government employees is known on a regional basis, the proportion of total employment in each region of England and/or Wales and Scotland, which these employees represent.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe readily available information relates to those employed in Public Administration—Order Group XXVII of the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, excluding Her Majesty's Forces.
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Employees in public administration as a percentage of all employees in employment by region: December 1980 per cent. South-East 8.0 East Anglia 5.6 South-West 7.4
per cent. West Midlands 6.4 East Midlands 6.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.8 North-West 6.5 North 7.4 Wales 8.6 Scotland 7.5 Great Britain 7.2