HC Deb 26 March 1985 vol 76 cc149-54W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out in descending order for each district authority the number of local authority employees per 100 inhabitants allowing for higher tier authority employees and setting out the higher tier authority or authorities involved.

Mr. Waldegrave

The information is as follows:

Staff per hundred population
District County Staff per hundred population
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS/COUNTIES (ENGLAND)
Manchester Greater Manchester 8.31
Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear 6.78

District County Staff per hundred population
Liverpool Merseyside 6.57
Sheffield South Yorkshire 6.42
Wolverhampton West Midlands 6.15
Coventry West Midlands 5.85
Sunderland Tyne and Wear 5.84
Bradford West Yorkshire 5.83
Walsall West Midlands 5.65
Salford Greater Manchester 5.60
North Tyneside Tyne and Wear 5.59
Doncaster South Yorkshire 5.53
South Tyneside Tyne and Wear 5.51
Barnsley South Yorkshire 5.44
Gateshead Tyne and Wear 5.41
Kirklees West Yorkshire 5.41
Rochdale Greater Manchester 5.41
Rotherham South Yorkshire 5.41
Wakefield West Yorkshire 5.38
Tameside Greater Manchester 5.22
Leeds West Yorkshire 5.10
Calderdale West Yorkshire 5.02
Sandwell West Midlands 5.01
Wigan Greater Manchester 5.00
Birmingham West Midlands 4.97
Bolton Greater Manchester 4.97
Oldham Greater Manchester 4.90
Wirral Merseyside 4.52
Stockport Greater Manchester 4.25
Sefton Merseyside 4.18
Bury Greater Manchester 4.13
Trafford Greater Manchester 4.11
Dudley West Midlands 3.81
Solihull West Midlands 3.75
Information not available for:
Knowsley (Merseyside)
St. Helens (Merseyside)
NON-METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS/COUNTIES (ENGLAND)
Kingston-upon-Hull Humberside 6.13
Middlesbrough Cleveland 5.95
Hartlepool Cleveland 5.84
Nottingham Nottinghamshire 5.82
Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland 5.82
Chesterfield Derbyshire 5.69
Scunthorpe Humberside 5.55
Langbaurgh Cleveland 5.48
Barrow Cumbria 5.40
Burnley Lancashire 5.34
Derwentside Durham 5.32
Darlington Durham 5.30
Blackburn Lancashire 5.26
Derby Derbyshire 5.24
Easington Durham 5.24
Sedgefield Durham 5.24
Bristol Avon 5.22
Blackpool Lancashire 5.18
Corby Northamptonshire 5.17
Great Grimsby Humberside 5.16
Carlisle Cumbria 5.10
Mansfield Nottinghamshire 5.10
Cleethorpes Humberside 5.07
Rossendale Lancashire 5.07
Durham Durham 5.05
Wear Valley Durham 5.04
Reading Berkshire 4.99
Northampton Northamptonshire 4.97
Thamesdown Wiltshire 4.97
Chester-le-Street Durham 4.96
East Yorkshire Humberside 4.96
Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 4.95
Copeland Cumbria 4.93
Luton Bedfordshire 4.91
Preston Lancashire 4.91
Wansbeck Northumberland 4.91
Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire 4.88

District County Staff per hundred population
North East Derbyshire Derbyshire 4.87
Slough Buckinghamshire 4.87
Bolsover Derbyshire 4.86
Bournemouth Dorset 4.84
Portsmouth Hampshire 4.84
Ellesmere Port and Neston Cheshire 4.81
West Derbyshire Derbyshire 4.81
Halton Cheshire 4.80
Blyth Valley Northumberland 4.79
Bath Avon 4.78
Hyndburn Lancashire 4.78
South Lakeland Cumbria 4.77
Erewash Derbyshire 4.75
High Peak Derbyshire 4.75
Brighton East Sussex 4.74
Ashfield Nottinghamshire 4.73
Boothferry Humberside 4.72
Crewe and Nantwich Cheshire 4.71
Stevenage Hertfordshire 4.71
Warrington Cheshire 4.70
Broxtowe Nottinghamshire 4.69
Norwich Norfolk 4.69
Holderness Humberside 4.68
Chester Cheshire 4.67
Congleton Cheshire 4.66
Allurdale Cumbria 4.65
Amber Valley Derbyshire 4.63
Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire 4.63
South Derbyshire Derbyshire 4.63
Vale Royal Cheshire 4.63
Beverley Humberside 4.62
Glanford Humberside 4.62
Lancaster Lancashire 4.61
York North Yorkshire 4.61
Lincoln Lincolnshire 4.60
Newcastle-under-Lyne Staffordshire 4.59
Wellingborough Northamptonshire 4.59
Eden Cumbria 4.58
Gedling Nottinghamshire 4.58
Watford Hertfordshire 4.58
Ipswich Suffolk 4.57
Newark Nottinghamshire 4.55
Southampton Hampshire 4.55
Scarborough North Yorkshire 4.52
The Wrekin Shropshire 4.52
Cannock Chase Staffordshire 4.50
Macclesfield Cheshire 4.49
Nuneaton Warwickshire 4.47
Tynedale Northumberland 4.47
Woodspring Avon 4.46
Alnwick Northumberland 4.45
South Ribble Lancashire 4.45
Fylde Lancashire 4.44
Tamworth Staffordshire 4.44
Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire 4.43
Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire 4.43
Wyre Lancashire 4.43
Chorley Lancashire 4.42
East Northamptonshire Northamptonshire 4.41
East Staffordshire Staffordshire 4.41
Southend-on-Sea Essex 4.41
Eastbourne East Sussex 4.40
Berwick-upon-Tweed Northumberland 4.39
Daventry Northamptonshire 4.39
North Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 4.39
Wansdyke Avon 4.38
West Lancashire Lancashire 4.38
Stafford Staffordshire 4.34
South Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 4.32
Thurrock Essex 4.32
Wycombe Buckinghamshire 4.32
Kingswood Avon 4.31
South Northamptonshire Northamptonshire 4.31
Cheltenham Gloucestershire 4.30
Teasdale Durham 4.29

District County Staff per hundred population
Harrogate North Yorkshire 4.28
South Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire 4.28
Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire 4.27
Crawley West Sussex 4.27
Northavon Avon 4.26
Ribble Valley Lancashire 4.26
Chaswood Leicestershire 4.25
Plymouth Devon 4.24
Chiltern Buckinghamshire 4.23
Melton Leicestershire 4.23
North West Leicestershire Leicestershire 4.23
Sedgemoor Somerset 4.23
Dacorum Hertfordshire 4.22
South Shropshire Shropshire 4.22
Gloucester Gloucestershire 4.21
Hinckley and Bosworth Leicestershire 4.20
Lichfield Staffordshire 4.20
Taunton Deane Somerset 4.20
Bracknell Berkshire 4.19
Rugby Warwickshire 4.19
Rutland Leicestershire 4.19
Hertsmere Hertfordshire 4.18
Warwick Warwickshire 4.17
Cambridge Cambridgeshire 4.17
Oadby and Wigston Leicestershire 4.17
Torbay Devon 4.17
Boston Lincolnshire 4.16
Harborough Leicestershire 4.16
Oswestry Shropshire 4.16
Hereford Hereford and Worcester 4.15
Rushmoor Hampshire 4.15
South Staffordshire Staffordshire 4.15
Richmondshire North Yorkshire 4.14
Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire 4.14
Blaby Leicestershire 4.13
Colchester Essex 4.13
Broxbourne Hertfordshire 4.12
Kennet Wiltshire 4.12
St. Edmundsbury Suffolk 4.12
Craven North Yorkshire 4.11
Hastings East Sussex 4.11
North Hertfordshire Hertfordshire 4.11
West Somerset Somerset 4.09
Exeter Devon 4.08
Salisbury Wiltshire 4.08
North Shropshire Shropshire 4.07
North Wiltshire Wiltshire 4.07
Oxford Oxfordshire 4.07
Waveney Suffolk 4.07
Wyre Forest Hereford and Worcester 4.07
Bridgnorth Shropshire 4.04
Stratford-on-Avon Warwickshire 4.03
West Wiltshire Wiltshire 4.03
Great Yarmouth Norfolk 4.02
Three Rivers Hertfordshire 4.02
Yeovil Somerset 4.02
Worcester Hereford and Worcester 4.01
Gosport Hampshire 4.00
Dartford Kent 3.99
South Wight Isle of Wight 3.99
Hambleton North Yorkshire 3.98
St. Albans Hertfordshire 3.98
Epping Forest Essex 3.97
Test Valley Hampshire 3.97
Windsor and Maidenhead Berkshire 3.97
Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 3.96
Mid-Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 3.96
Medina Isle of Wight 3.95
South Hams Devon 3.95
Christchurch Dorset 3.93
Brentwood Essex 3.91
Mid Devon Devon 3.90
Stroud Gloucestershire 3.90
East Hertfordshire Hertfordshire 3.89
Poole Dorset 3.89

District County Staff per hundred population
Ryedale North Yorkshire 3.89
Worthing West Sussex 3.89
South Holland Lincolnshire 3.88
Chelmsford Essex 3.87
Teignbridge Devon 3.87
Winchester Hampshire 3.87
Havant Hampshire 3.86
Hove East Sussex 3.86
Mendip Somerset 3.86
Mid-Suffolk Suffolk 3.86
Penwith Cornwall 3.85
Restomel Cornwall 3.85
Rochford Essex 3.85
Torridge Devon 3.85
Braintree Essex 3.84
Carrick Cornwall 3.84
Kerrier Cornwall 3.84
Basingstoke and Deane Hampshire 3.83
Fenland Cambridgeshire 3.83
Newbury Berkshire 3.83
Wokingham Berkshire 3.83
Caradon Cornwall 3.82
Forest Heath Suffolk 3.82
Tendring Essex 3.82
Fareham Hampshire 3.81
North Devon Devon 3.81
Castle Point Essex 3.80
Eastleigh Hampshire 3.80
New Forest Hampshire 3.80
Rother East Sussex 3.80
Uttlesford Essex 3.80
North Cornwall Cornwall 3.78
Suffolk Coastal Suffolk 3.77
Thanet Kent 3.77
Adur West Sussex 3.76
East Hampshire Hampshire 3.76
Maldon Essex 3.76
Huntingdon Cambridgeshire 3.75
Gravesham Kent 3.74
South Kesteven Lincolnshire 3.74
East Devon Devon 3.73
Babergh Suffolk 3.72
Redditch Hereford and Worcester 3.72
Cotswold Gloucestershire 3.71
Dover Kent 3.70
Kettering Northamptonshire 3.69
Lawes East Sussex 3.69
West Devon Devon 3.69
Maidstone Kent 3.68
East Lindsey Lincolnshire 3.67
West Dorset Dorset 3.67
Hart Hampshire 3.66
Wychavon Hereford and Worcester 3.66
Canterbury Kent 3.65
Cherwell Oxfordshire 3.65
East Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 3.65
Ashford Kent 3.63
West Lindsey Lincolnshire 3.62
Arun West Sussex 3.61
North Dorset Dorset 3.61
Shepway Kent 3.61
South Oxfordshire Oxfordshire 3.59
Swale Kent 3.59
North Kesteven Lincolnshire 3.57
Tunbridge Wells Kent 3.56
Purbeck Dorset 3.55
Rochester-upon-Medway Kent 3.55
South Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 3.55
Vale of the White Horse Oxfordshire 3.55
Horsham West Sussex 3.54
Leominster Hereford and Worcester 3.53
West Oxfordshire Oxfordshire 3.53
Wealden East Sussex 3.52
Wimborne Dorset 3.51
Breckland Norfolk 3.50

District County Staff per hundred population
Bromsgrove Hereford and Worcester 3.50
Tunbridge and Malling Kent 3.50
South Hereford Hereford and Worcester 3.49
Mid-Sussex West Sussex 3.48
Gillingham Kent 3.47
West Norfolk Norfolk 3.47
Sevenoaks Kent 3.44
Epsom and Ewell Surrey 3.42
Woking Surrey 3.38
Shrewsbury and Atchan Shropshire 3.37
Reigate and Banstead Surrey 3.33
South Norfolk Norfolk 3.33
Mole Valley Surrey 3.30
Elmbridge Surrey 3.29
Broadland Norfolk 3.26
Guildford Surrey 3.25
Runnymede Surrey 3.25
Spelthorne Surrey 3.22
Surrey Heath Surrey 3.15
Waverley Surrey 3.14
Tardridge Surrey 3.12
Information not available for: Basildon (Essex)
Castle Morpeth (Northumberland)
Chichester (West Sussex)
Harlow (Essex)
Leicester (Leicestershire)
Malvern Hills (Hereford and Worcester)
North Norfolk (Norfolk)
North Warwickshire (Warwickshire)
Pendle (Lancashire)
Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
Selby (North Yorkshire)
Weymouth and Portland (Dorset)

Notes:

1. The figures relate to total number of employees (full time and part time).

2. Employees of county councils have been distributed to the districts pro rata to the population in each district, and added to the number of employees in each district.

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