The Interaction of Society in the UK
This essay examines which group has the greatest interaction percentage with the UK population.
It uses the number of people employed in each group as the basis of obtaining a percentage interaction with the total population.
Definitions
Society
‘the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.’
Background
The UK was formed by the Act of Union in 1800.
The UK has existed for 2016 – 1800, 216 years.
‘Britain did not become a democracy until the Representation of the People Acts of 1918 and 1928 that gave the vote to all men and women over the age of 21.’
Britain has been a democracy for 2016 – 1928, 88 years.
Interaction with the Population
The following are sections of the UK society ranked in descending order of people employed as the basis of obtaining a percentage interaction with the total population.
Working Population
There were 31,420,000 people in employment in the UK.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 49%.
Central Government
Employed 2,909,000 people.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 4.5%
Local Government
Employed 2,270,000 people.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 3.5%
Unemployed Population
There were 1,690,000 people unemployed in the UK.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 2.6%.
Millionaires
There were 715,000 millionaires in the UK
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 1.1%.
Armed Forces
There were 160,460 regulars and 61,630 reservists in the armed forces in 2015.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.3%
Public Corporations
Employed 179,000 people.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.3%
Police
There were 3,123,805 interactions with the general public population of approx. 53,000,000 in England and 3,000,000 in Wales (2011). Total 56,000,000. Population.
The total interactions to the total population gives an interaction with 6% of the population of England and Wales in a year.
Based on the number of people in the Police force; to allow it to be compared to other employment areas; the interaction with the population is 125,000 in England and Wales, 7,200 in Northern Ireland (2011), 17,261 in Scotland . 149,461 Total .
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.2%
HMRC
There were 56,000 people working for Customs and Excise in the UK.
This allows for a potential total interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.08%
The HMRC actually interacts with 45,000,000 individuals so this is an interaction of 0.12%
Local Councillors
At the 2013 Census of Local Authority Councilors, there were roughly 18,100 councilors in England. The latest figures show 1,264 councilors in Wales, 1,223 in Scotland and 462 in Northern Ireland.
Total 21,049 local councillors.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.03%.
Members of Parliament
There were 650 members of the UK Parliament.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.001%.
House of Lords
There were 800 members of the UK House of Lords.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.001%.
Billionaires
There were 120 billionaires in the UK.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.0001%.
Royalty
There were 23 members of the Royal family.
This allows for a potential interaction with the population of the UK of 64,000,000 of 0.00003%.
Conclusions
The working population has the largest percentage of interaction with the overall population in the UK.
Central Government is the next largest percentage of interaction.
The Gap between the working population percentage and the Central Government percentage indicates that the interaction would occur vary rarely if the employment rates in each category are adequate for the current level of tasks to be carried out to run the society and the country effectively.
One curiosity of this comparison is the close relationship; in percentage terms; of the unemployed and the number of millionaires in the UK.
This may relate to the origin of the comments and topic of ‘wealth disparity’ in the UK.
The figures also indicate a state structure that has evolved from feudalism to democratic ‘consensus gentium’ where all members of the public follow an agreed, complex, often unwritten, legal and moral set of values that insist on them interacting with the state automatically each year in repetitive ways.
References.
Source: https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=strict&q=society
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zbtg87h/revision/1
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015#arrests-1
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015#other-pace-powers
Source: https://www.google.co.uk/#safe=strict&q=england+population
Source: https://www.google.co.uk/#safe=strict&q=wales+population
Source: www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn02615.pdf
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Scotland
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about/recruitment
Source: http://www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0003.html
Source:http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/2015-09-16#total-uk-public-sector-employment
Source: http://www.lgiu.org.uk/local-government-facts-and-figures/#how-many-councillors-are-there
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom
Source: www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/
Source: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663817/Britain-120-billionaires-rich-list
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/27/number-of-millionaires-in-the-uk-up-by-41-per-cent-in-the-last-five-years-5363736/.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Family#Members
Source:http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/february2016#summary-of-latest-labour-market-statistics
Ian K Whittaker
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19/10/2016
14/10/2020
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