HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 cc260-2W
Mr. Wilson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Civil Service jobs there are in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, respectively, at the last most convenient date; and if he will express these figures as a proportion of the population.

Mr. Hayhoe

The following table shows the numbers of non-industrial civil servants employed in the local authority districts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow as at 1 July 1983, and the number of non-industrial civil servants in each location, as a proportion of the population of the area, as estimated on 30 June 1982. No regional breakdown of industrial staff other than at economic planning region level is available centrally.

Non-industrial Civil Service Staff in post* at 1 July 1983
City Non-industrial civil servants
Staff in post* As a percentage of the total population
Aberdeen 1,815 0.8
Dundee 1,108 0.6
Edinburgh 12,249 2.7
Glasgow 9,956 1.3
* Full-time equivalents.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants employed (a) by the Scottish Office and (b) by other Government Departments are based in each of the Scottish districts and island authority areas.

Mr. Hayhoe

[pursuant to his reply, 27 October 1983, c. 186]: The following table shows the staff in post in the Scottish Office and in other Government Departments in the Scottish districts and Island authority areas at 1 July 1983. The figures, at district level, are in respect of the non-industrial Civil Service only. No breakdown of industrial staff, other than at economic planning region level, is available centrally.

Staff in Post* in the Civil Service in Scotland
Full time equivalents
Scottish Office Other Government departments Total
Badenoch and Strathspey 4 4
Caithness 37 162 199
Inverness 217 498 715
Lochaber 2 59 61
Nairn 2 4 6
Ross and Cromarty 6 80 86
Skye and Lochalsh 9 31 40
Sutherland 4 39 43
Banff and Buchan 250 199 449
City of Aberdeen 442 1,373 1,815
Gordon 4 4 8
Kincardine and Deeside 2 13 15
Moray 22 512 534
Angus 70 234 304
City of Dundee 151 957 1,108
Perth and Kinross 344 449 793
Dunfermline 11 3,238 3,249
Kirkaldy 2 468 470
North East Fife 16 283 299
City of Edinburgh 4,996 7,253 12,249
East Lothian 12 231 243
Midlothian 7 140 147
West Lothian 15 633 648
Berwickshire 3 35 38
Ettrick and Lauderdale 3 191 194
Roxburgh 3 30 33
Clackmannan 354 73 427
Falkirk 218 444 662
Stirling 225 451 676
Argyll 46 203 249
Bearsden and Milngavie
Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch 45 45
City of Glasgow 891 9,065 9,956
Clydebank 1 80 81
Cumbernauld 1,087 1,087
Cumnock and Doon Valley 31 31
Cunninghame 1 544 545
Dumbarton 2 1,808 1,810
East Kilbride 61 2,849 2,910
Eastwood
Harulton 7 732 739
Inverclyde 27 732 759
Kilmamock and Loudoun 191 191
Tweeddale 1 4 5
Kyle and Carrick 63 784 847
Lanark 408 151 559
Monklands 116 389 505
Motherwell 2 441 443
Renfrew 2 1,340 1,342
Annadale and Eskdale 4 25 29
Merrick 33 122 155
Nithsdale 138 310 448
Stewartry 5 34 39
Orkney 23 67 90
Zetland 11 135 146
Barra, Hurris, Lewis, North Uist and South Uist 31 176 207
Scotland
Total Non-Industrial Civil Service 9,300 39,433 48,733

Scottish Office Other Government departments Total
Total Industrial Civil Service 935 15,416 16,351
Total Civil Service 10,235 54,849 65,084
* Figures include a small element of estimation.
* Part-time staff are counted as half units.

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