§ Mrs. Bainasked the Minister for the Civil Service if lie will list in the Official Report the number of Civil Service jobs available in each Scottish local government region; how this compares with five years ago; and what are his projections for the next five years.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe numbers of non-industrial staff in post in Scottish local government regions on 12th December 1977 were:
Borders 252 Central 1,556 Dumfries and Galloway 684 Fife 4,282 Grampian 2,955 Highland 935 Lothian 15,423 Strathclyde 23,161 Tayside 2,158 Island Areas Orkney 74 Shetland 107 Western Isles 229 Total 51,816 These posts are available either by direct departmental recruitment for the junior grades or by national competition for the more senior grades. Similar information is not available for industrial Civil Service posts, of which there are 19,500 in Scotland. Individual figures for Scottish regions were not available five years ago, but on 1st July 1972 there were 19,500 industrial staff in post in Scotland and 43,200 non-industrial staff.
555WIt is not possible to give projected figures for each Scottish region for the next five years.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will estimate the number of Civil Service jobs available in Scotland as a percentage of the total United Kingdom Civil Service jobs.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisApproximately 10 per cent.