HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 cc515-6W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list(a) the total establishment of environmental health officers and (b) the number of posts filled in Wales for each of the past 10 years;

(2) how many posts of environment health officers are currently vacant in Wales.

Mr. Grist

The number of local authority non-manual staff employed in environmental health in Wales for each of the last 10 years is given in the table. It is not possible to identify separately the number of environmental health officers included in this number. It is not possible to identify the total establishment of environmental health officers, or the number of vacancies centrally.

Number of non-manual staff employed in environmental health1 Total Wales
Number
1980 785
1981 769
1982 748
1983 740
1984 796
1985 856
1986 822
1987 832
1988 826
1989 850
1990 2867
1 Full-time equivalent as at March for each year.
2 Figures for March 1990 are provisional.