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Mr. Onslow
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the employed labour force of the United Kingdom was employed by (a) central Government, excluding Her Majesty's Forces, (b) local authorities, including police and education services, and (c) public corporations and nationalised industries, at mid-year in 1963, 1968, 1973 and 1978, respectively.
Mr. Golding
The available information is shown in the following table. Comparisons will be affected by changes over time in the composition of the public sector and in the allocation of some of its components.
| Percentage of United Kingdom employed labour force employed by: | ||||
| Central Government (excluding HM Forces) | Local authorities | Public corporations and nationalised industries | ||
| 1963 | … | 5·4 | 8·1 | 8·7 |
| 1968 | … | 6·0 | 9·8 | 8·3 |
| 1973 | … | 6·6 | 11·6 | 7·6 |
| 1977* | … | 8·0 | 12·1 | 8·4 |
| * Figures for 1978 are not yet available. The 1977 figures are provisional. | ||||
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