§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many men are employed by district council works departments; how many of the total are employed on repair and maintenance work and new work, respectively, for 491W their own councils; and how many on repair and maintenance and new work, respectively, for regional councils;
(2) how many men are employed by district council works departments on new construction work for regional councils at the most recent date for which figures are available.
Mr. MilianThe number of men employed by district council works departments at October 1976 was 13,002; of that number 10,977 were employed on repair and maintenance work and 2,025 on new work. The allocation of the work force to jobs on behalf of their own councils and of regional councils respectively is not my responsibility.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, further to the statement by the Under-Secretary of State in the House on 12th July that hundreds of jobs in East Fife, Glasgow and Dundee were at risk because of the defeat of the Local Authority (Works) Scotland Bill, he can now give a more precise estimate of the jobs affected in each of these areas.
Mr. MilianThe statement was based on estimates by the local authorities concerned, and I have no reason to doubt their accuracy.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the numbers of building workers employed by private firms who have been made redundant in consequence of councils accepting estimates from works departments which proved to cost more than tenders from private firms.
§ Mr. MillanNo information on this matter is available.