§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the total figures for local authority employment for each of the past 10 years showing separately the figures for (a) educational staff, (b) law and order staff and (c) direct labour organisations.
§ Mr. King:The following table sets out the available information for England and Wales. Employment in local authority direct labour organisations is not separately distinguished in the surveys.
Education Lecturers and teachers 1971 429,132 149,097 578,229 1972 453,180 161,599 614,779 1973 476,554 175,850 652,404 1974 505,242 171,481 676,723 1975 517,102 160,611 677,713 1976 527,935 144,601 672,536 1977 532,748 136,508 669,256 1978 534,741 141,778 676,519 1979 543,071 149,986 693,057 1980 540,772 145,703 686,475 1981 529,608 134,672 664,280
Education—others* 1971 188,986 387,225 576,211 1972 201,332 400,619 601,951 1973 207,422 421,754 629,176 1974 210,935 443,911 654,846 1975 222,055 490,353 712,408 1976 222,547 495,415 717,962 1977 217,756 495,879 713,635 1978 213,196 496,857 710,053 1979 213,585 503,127 716,712 1980 201,015 484,239 685,254 1981 187,869 472,641 660,510 * Education—Others—e.g. administration, secretarial, clerical and manuals.124W
Police—all ranks 1971 95,086 — 95,086 1972 98,600 — 98,600 1973 100,372 — 100,372 1974 100,952 — 100,952 1975 103,564 — 103,564 1976 108,473 — 108,473 1977 109,338 — 109,338 1978 107,875 — 107,875 1979 111,905 — 111,905 1980 115,152 — 115,152 1981 118,550 — 118,550
Other Law and Order Services 1971 . . . 1972 . . . 1973 . . . 1974 . . . 1975 55,475 10,830 66,305 1976 55,435 10,690 66,125 1977 53,533 10,936 64,469 1978 52,070 11,329 63,399 1979 53,995 10,405 64,400 1980 55,505 11,054 66,559 1981 57,448 11,654 69,102 . not included in 1971–74 surveys
Total—All Services. (excl. "other law and order") 1971 1,506,242 728,201 2,234,443 1972 1,569,928 770,290 2,340,218 1973 1,628,917 824,606 2,453,523 1974 1,598,465 844,856 2,443,321 1975 1,659,961 895,907 2,555,868 1976 1,681,878 891,982 2,573,860 1977 1,668,483 887,735 2,556,218 1978 1,665,196 903,081 2,568,277 1979 1,686,920 923,936 2,610,856 1980 1,661,364 902,868 2,564,232 1981 1,623,209 879,748 2,502,957 . Figures for "other law and order services" have been excluded from the totals for June 1975-June 1981 to enable comparisons from 1971–1981 to be made on a common basis.Sources:1971–1974—Department of Employment Gazette.1975–1981—Joint Manpower Watch.