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Public Sector (Employees)

Volume 28: debated on Friday 30 July 1982

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of employees for each of the nationalised industries for 1980–81 and 1981–82.

Employment figures for nationalised industries are compiled only on an annual basis and in respect of mid-calendar years. The latest published figures for nationalised industries as a whole relate to mid-1980. Corresponding figures for mid-1981 will be published in an article on "Employment in the public and private sectors 1976 to 1982" in Economic Trends, December 1982 issue. Estimates available for mid-1981 are as follows:

Nationalised Industries Employment
Total employed at
Mid-1980Mid-1981
ThousandsThousands
British Aerospace73
British Airports Authority87
British Airways Board5752
British Gas Corporation104105
British National Oil Corporation12
British Railways Board243236
British Shipbuilders7367
British Steel Corporation156117
British Tele-communications Corporation247253
British Transport Docks Board1211
British Waterways Board33
Electricity Council (together with the Central Electricity Generating Board and Area Electricity Boards in England and Wales)159153
National Bus Company6556
National Coal Board294284
National Freight Co. Ltd.3326

Total employed at

Mid-1980

Mid-1981

Thousands

Thousands

North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board44
Post Office Corporation187190
Scottish Transport Group1111
South of Scotland Electricity Board1414