§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were working in the National Health Service, local government, Civil Service, and nationalised industries in the United Kingdom in the years (a) 1960, (b) 1965, (c) 1970, (d) 1975, (e) 1980, (f) 1981, (g) 1982, (h) 1983, (i) 1984, (j) 1985 and (k) 1986; what was the total public expenditure on these services for each of these years; and if he will publish these numbers and
NHS (mid-year) 1 Local authorities (mid-year) 2 Civil Service (1 July) Nationalised Industries (mid-year) 1 Total Headcount 3 FTE Headcount 3 FTE Headcount 3 FTE Headcount 3 FTE Headcount 3 FTE 1960 565 n/a 1,821 n/a 652 640 41,819 n/a 4,857 n/a 1965 650 n/a 2,154 n/a 668 655 1,894 n/a 5,366 n/a 1970 741 n/a 2,559 n/a 716 702 1,879 n/a 5,895 n/a 1975 1,042 n/a 2,917 n/a 723 708 1,816 n/a 6,498 n/a 1980 1,174 999 2,956 2,343 714 700 1,816 1,785 6,660 5,827 1981 1,207 1,036 2,899 2,306 698 684 1,657 1,656 6,461 5,682 1982 1,227 1,045 2,865 2,274 671 659 1,554 1,538 6,317 5,516 1983 1,227 1,045 2,906 2,301 654 643 1,465 1,444 6,252 5,433 (2,879) (2,279) (6,225) (5,411) 1984 1,223 1,030 2,942 2,320 630 619 1,416 1,396 6,211 5,365 (2,884) (2,275) (6,153) (5,320) 1985 1,223 1,026 2,958 2,325 608 596 1,137 1,124 5,926 5,071 (2,891) (2,273) (5,859) (5,019) 1986 1,215 1,021 3,010 2,352 610 597 1,034 1,049 5,869 5,019 (2,922) (2,286) (5,781) (4,953) 1 Figures for 1983–86 include Community Programme employees sponsored by local authorities, the figures in parenthesis show the numbers excluding the Community Programme. 2 The Civil Service figures exclude those staff employed in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. 3 Full-time equivalents. 4 This figure for 1960 (headcount) is estimated on the basis of data for numbers employed in public corporations. Sources: (i) Economic Trends Annual Supplement 1986—Page 201.
(ii) "Employment in the Public and Private Sectors 1980 to 1986" December 1986 Economic Trends.
(iii) Central Government Departments' quarterly staff in post returns.