Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were employed by Scottish local authorities at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what was the comparable total in the same month of each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. RossTwo sets of figures are published as at June each year. I regret that the 1967 figures are not yet available. The figures for 1966 and the preceding five years are as follows:
Ministry of Labour Gazette Digest of Scottish Statistics (1) (2) 1961 179,074 67,200 1962 182,961 73,300 1963 188,756 78,300 1964 191,988 73,600 1965 198,089 73,000 1966 203,377 71,100 (1) Total number employed by local authorities and police forces. (2) Educational, transport, construction and certain other employees are classified under separate headings in the Digest, and the figures from 1964 reflect the progressive reclassification of employees in these groups.