HC Deb 19 January 1977 vol 924 c198W
19. Mr. Kenneth Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will provide a breakdown of the numbers employed by local councils in the manual worker and non-manual worker categories.

Mr. Freeson

At 12th June 1976, the latest date for which published information is available, local authorities in England and Wales employed 1,130,000 manual and 1,507,000 non-manual employees, including police.