§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a breakdown of local authority wage and salary costs for 1980–81 and estimates for 1981–82 in a form consistent with table 24 of the "Local Government Financial Statistics 1978–79".
§ Mr. Tom King[pursuant to his reply, 26 March 1982, c. 448]: The following table gives the available estimates. Estimates for 1981–82 are not available.
Salaries and Wages*: England and Wales 1980–81 £ million Education (excluding meals and milk) 6,600 School meals and milk 410 Public libraries, museums and art galleries 190 Local health authority services 1,340 Welfare services Child care (including approved schools and remand homes) Personal social services Police (including school crossing patrols) 1,560 Fire service 350 Administration of justice including probation service 140 Law and order services Refuse collection and disposal 310 Parks and open spaces 380 Baths and public laundries Public health (including port health authority services) 230 Rate collection 300 General administration Highways, public lighting and parking of vehicles 500 All other rate fund services 810 * Including employer's contribution to superannuation funds and payments to beneficiaries under pension schemes not chargeable to superannuation funds. Since 1977–78 information on salaries and wages attributed to the service for which work is done has not been collected. The estimates for 1980–81 have been derived from employee costs recorded on the outturn forms and adjusted for recharging to other services. Figures are provisional and have been rounded to the nearest £10 million.