§ Mr. John Townendasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by the water authorities in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. FoxThe following figures set out the numbers employed by the water authorities between 1974–75 and 1978–79. The statistics are taken from the water authorities' annual reports and are given as full-time employee equivalents except for 1978–79 where the information for some authorities is only available as total numbers of people employed:
1974–75 58,406 1975–76 60,482 1976–77 61,468 1977–78 61,620 1978–79 62,969