§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the ratio, for each of the last four years, of administrative and clerical to other employees of water authorities.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI regret that information in the form sought by the hon. Member is available neither for the regional water authorities which assumed their responsibilities in April 1974 nor for their predecessor authorities. It may, however, help the hon. Member to know that the present ratio of manual staff to non-manual staff is about 3:2 and that headquarters staff account for about 4 per cent. of the total staff employed.