§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil service and quango jobs are in towns and cities in Scotland with populations above 40,000. [15933]
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§ Dr. David ClarkThe full-time equivalent numbers of permanent and casual civil servants in each town or city at 1 July 1997, and of employees of executive non-departmental public bodies at 1 April 1997, are shown in the following table:
Town/city Population 1991 Census) Civil servants (July 1997) Staff of executive NDPBs (April 1997) Glasgow 663,000 9,970 2,020 Edinburgh 402,000 9,680 3,650 Aberdeen 190,000 1,400 540 Dundee 160,000 810 340 Paisley1 76,000 560 0 East Kilbride 70,000 2,430 0 Dunfermline 55,000 1,440 0 Greenock1 50,000 650 0 Hamilton 50,000 150 0 Cumbernauld 49,000 1,420 0 Ayr1 48,000 630 140 Kirkcaldy 47,000 190 0 Kilmarnock 44,000 80 0 Coatbridge1 44,000 150 0 Livingston1 42,000 660 0 Perth 41,000 940 0 Inverness 41,000 720 440 1 The number of civil servants shown are those in the respective local authority areas: Renfrew (Paisley), Inverclyde (Greenock), Kyle and Carrick (Ayr), Monklands (Coatbridge), and West Lothian (Livingston).