§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total labour force in employment in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe total number of employees in employment in Wales in December 1985 was 905,000; the corresponding figures for each year since 1979 were as follows:
Figures at December each year 000's 1979 1,033 1980 966 1981 921 1982 900 1983 903 1984 904 Source: Department of Employment Quarterly Estimates.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total employed labour force in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFigures are not, at present, available in the format requested. My Department is, however, in the process of collecting information on employment in the public sector in Wales and figures will be made available later this year, when I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy in the Library.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total employed labour force in local government in Wales in (a) education, (b) social services, (c) police and (d) other; and in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation in the form requested for the years 1979 to 1985 is published in "Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics, No. 9, 1985", copies of which are available in the Library. Information relating to March 1986 is presently being collected and will be available in June ofthis year.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total employed labour force in central Government in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThirty five thousand four hundred people were employed in central Government in Wales at 1 January 1985. This includes both industrial and non-industrial civil servants. The corresponding figures at 1 January for each year from 1979 were as follows:
000' s 1979 40.7 1980 39.1 1981 38.8 1982 37.9 1983 37.3 1984 35.9 Source: Civil Service Statistics.