§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the present number of environmental health officers presently employed by Welsh local authorities, listed by district area for the past five years; and what is the present number of environmental health officer vacancies throughout Wales.
§ Mr. GristThe number of local authority non-manual staff employed in environmental health in Wales for each658W of the last five years is given in the table. It is not possible to identify separately the number of environmental health officers included in this number. Figures by authority are not available centrally, neither is information on vacancies.
Number of non-manual staff employed in environmental health1 1985 1986 1987 1988 21989 Districts 833 824 815 843 862 Counties 14 12 12 9 11 Total 847 836 827 852 873 1 Full-time equivalents as at September for each year. 2 Figures for September 1989 are provisional.