Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of local government employees in Scotland at the end of 1966; and what were the comparable figures in December, 1965, 1964, and 1963, respectively.
§ Mr. RossI regret that December figures are not available. Two sets of figures are published for June each year, as follows:
Ministry of Labour Gazette* Digest of Statistics† 1966 203,377 ‡ 1965 198,089 73,000 1964 191,988 73,600 1963 188,756 78,300 * Total number employed by local authorities and police forces. † Excludes educational, transport, construction and certain other employees who are classified under these headings in the Digest. ‡ Not yet available.