§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the latest Joint Staff Watch figure for local government staff; and if he will compare this total with the numbers employed one year earlier.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe latest joint manpower watch figures at 12th June 1976 were published jointly on 21st October by my Department and the local authority associations. A copy of the Press release is available in the Library.
The numbers of full-and part-time employees in local authorities in England and Wales, excluding police, agency staff, magistrates' courts and probation staffs, 234W at June 1975 and June 1976 were as follows:
Thousands June 1975 … 2,452 June 1976 (provisional) … 2,466