HC Deb 04 March 1986 vol 93 c100W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Paymaster General if he will compare the total number of persons employed in the entire public sector (a) in actual and (b) in full-time equivalent terms, where appropriate, for each of the years 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively; and if he will show these figures as a percentage of the total employed work force in each year.

Mr. Lang

I refer my hon. Friend to an article "Employment in the public and private sectors 1979 to 1985" on pages 90–98 ofEconomic Trends December 1985, a copy of which is in the Library. The entire public sector employment figures, actual and full-time equivalents, are given in table 1 of appendix 1 for the years 1979 to 1985. The employed labour force figure for 1979 is in table A and the corresponding figures for the years 1980 to 1985 are in table 2 of appendix 1.