§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons altogether were employed in mid-1980 and at the latest available date in Rolls-Royce, British Leyland and the other publicly owned trading bodies included in category 4 as set out in appendix 18 to the Minutes of Evidence attached to the eighth report of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee in Session 1980–81.
§ Mr. AlisonThe number of persons employed in the United Kingdom by the four companies mentioned in category 4 of appendix 18 were about 210,000 in 1980 and about 165,000 at the end of 1981. Following the disposal of Amersham International Ltd. in February, the company is no longer connected in any way with the public sector.