§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give any currently available figures for the number of graduate water engineers entering the water industry over the period 1965 to 1983.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 7 March 1983, c. 311]: The information readily available is limited to the number of graduate civil engineers entering the water industry under training agreements since 1974. The majority of engineers employed in the water industry are civil engineers.
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£M cash rounded 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Greater London 100.9 93.5 114.0 136.0 173.0 Other Metropolitan Counties 85.6 104.0 100.0 102.0 122.4 Shire Counties 69.8 69.0 103.5 122.7 121.1 Total England 256.3 266.5 317.5 360.7 416.5
England and Wales Water authorities Water companies Scotland Total 1974 43 6 2 51 1975 63 5 1 69 1976 48 2 0 50 1977 40 0 2 42 1978 42 4 12 58 1979 46 5 27 78 1980 25 1 16 42 1981 16 2 7 25 1982 3 0 4 7 *1983 1 0 0 1 * To date. Despite the fall in recruitment in recent years, the total number of civil engineers employed in water authorities in England and Wales increased from some 1,900 in 1974–75 to 1,972 in 1982–83.