§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest figures compiled by the Joint Staff Watch Survey on Local Authorities, showing the numbers employed by local authorities in Wales at that date by department and service; and if he will compare these figures with those published for June 1974.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe latest figures were published on 7th October and these are reproduced below. This is only the second issue of figures from the Joint Staff Watch Survey of Local Authorities and it is too early to detect any trend. The only figures available for June 1974 are those published in theDepartment of Employment Gazette. It is not possible to draw meaningful comparisons from these two sets of figures.