To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for the years 1979–80 to 1988–89, for each organisation treated as a nationalised industry in at least one year, in the external financing tables of the annual public expenditure White Paper, the number of employees, indicating whether these are on a head-count or full-time equivalent basis.
The three tables show, for the years 1979–80 to 1986–87, the number of employees for each organisation treated as a nationalised industry in at least one year during that period. The data are taken from individual industries' annual report and accounts. In the large majority of cases, these are not yet available for 1987–88. It is neither the public nor the private sector's practice to provide employee projections for future years.
Table Three: Employees (year end unless stated), Mixed Accounting
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Periods
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
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11984–85
| 1985–86
| 1986–87
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| BRB | 244,084 | 239,680 | 227,171 | 212,722 | 200,789 | 180,669 | 173,760 | 166,989 |
| BWB2 | 3,185 | 3,283 | 3,223 | 3,184 | 3,171 | 3,152 | 3,081 | 2,983 |
| LRT | 60,449 | 59,879 | 59,748 | 58,072 | 57,400 | 55,800 | 51,920 | 47,291 |
Notes to Table Three:
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| (1) 15 month period. | ||||||||
| (2) Year average. | ||||||||
Notes to all tables:
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(a) It is conventional in company accounts to provide employee data on a full-time equivalent basis although annual reports and accounts do not always state that such a convention has been followed. | ||||||||
(b) Estimates refer to direct United Kingdom employment unless stated. | ||||||||