Memorandum by Declan Gaffney and Dr Jean
Shaoul (FLU 06)
Table 3
LABOUR DATA
| | Labour
costs
(£m)
| Labour's
share of
value
added
| Number employed
| Average
wage costs
(£)
|
| Labour productivity (Million passenger kms/no. employed)
|
| |
| | Passenger
services
| Engineering | Police and
other depts
| All staff |
| |
| 1985-6 | 246
| 0.60 |
| |
| 21,598 | 11,390
| 0.247 |
| 1986-7 | 259
| 0.62 | 13,568
| 6,322 | 722
| 20,612 | 12,565
| 0.288 |
| 1987-8 | 284
| 0.67 | 12,705
| 5,561 | 726
| 18,992 | 14,954
| 0.325 |
| 1988-9 | 307
| 0.70 | 11,762
| 6,526 | 1,357
| 19,645 | 15,627
| 0.318 |
| 1989-90 | 352
| 0.73 | 13,080
| 7,426 | 1,673
| 22,179 | 15,871
| 0.270 |
| 1990-1 | 441
| 0.70 | 12,641
| 7,736 | 1,710
| 22,087 | 19,666
| 0.279 |
| 1991-2 | 468
| 0.72 | 11,622
| 7,859 | 1,703
| 21,184 | 22,092
| 0.278 |
| 1992-3 | 581
| 0.57 | 10,742
| 6,613 | 1,659
| 19,014 | 30,556
| 0.303 |
| 1993-4 | 524
| 0.60 | 11,335
| 5,029 | 1,534
| 17,898 | 29,277
| 0.325 |
| 1994-5 | 489
| 0.54 | 11,246
| 4,362 | 1,133
| 16,741 | 27,935
| 0.346 |
| 1995-6 | 452
| 0.53 | 11,109
| 4,169 | 733
| 16,011 | 28,099
| 0.394 |
| 1996-7 | 461
| 0.59 | 11,476
| 3,795 | 739
| 16,010 | 28,689
| 0.383 |
| 1997-8 | 466
| 0.57 | 11,676
| 3,431 | 733
| 15,892 | 29,484
| 0.410 |
| 1998-9 | 488
| 0.55 | 12,247
| 3,042 | 743
| 16,032 | 30,769
| 0.423 |
Sources:
London Underground annual report and accounts (various years).
Transport Statistics Great Britain (DETR).
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