Local Government Staff

HC Deb 30 January 1989 vol 146 cc20-1W

Mr. Favell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer of 25 January, he will set out for each available category of local government staff the numbers in(a) 1968 and (b) June 1988, showing the net and percentage change in each case.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information is as follows:

Numbers of Staff Employed in Local Authorities in England
June figures
			Change
Local Authority Service	1968	1988	Number	Percentage
Education (Lecturers/Teachers)	488,749	650,651	+ 161,902	+ 33.1
Education (Other)	461,184	650,105	+ 188,921	+ 41.0
Construction	105,346	103,130	-2,216	-2.1
Transport Services	63,654	2,934	-60,720	-95.4
Social Services	215,275	335,632	+ 120,357	+ 55.9
Other General Services	528,284	579,404	+ 51,120	+ 9.7
Police (All ranks)	85,746	118,084	+ 32,338	+ 37.7
Total	1,948,238	2,439,940	+491,702	+ 25.2

Note: There is likely to have been seine reclassification of staff between service categories over this period, so the figures for the two years may not be entirely comparable. Local authority functions have also changed over the period.