§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire(a) full time and (b) part time in each year since 1992. [15732]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information is given in the table.
The levels of employment in individual authorities are not directly comparable because of variations in population structure, social characteristics, hours worked by part-time staff, and the extent to which they use private firms and contractors or act as agents for other authorities.
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Numbers employed directly by local authorities in Northamptonshire: (excluding Law and Order) At June of each year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Northamptonshire2 8,911 10,262 7,640 9,707 1- 1- 7,247 10,088 1- 1- Corby 613 133 1- 1- 1- 1- 527 130 505 114 Daventry 315 86 312 89 344 96 311 128 315 111 East Northamptonshire 203 57 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- Kettering 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1- 365 190 363 235 Northamptonshire 1,518 151 1,429 255 1,396 180 1,351 299 1,343 311 South Northampton 342 43 336 74 334 63 294 109 267 53 Wellingborough 383 119 346 116 339 112 325 111 308 108 Source: Joint Staffing Watch. 1996 figures are provisional. 1 Data not available. 2 In making comparisons between years it should be noted that staffing levels within county councils have been affected by (a) the removal of further education institutions from the local authority sector and (b) local authorities taking on responsibility for Community Care. Both these changes took place from April 1993.