§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many civil servants are employed by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Supplementary Benefits Commission in each of the local authority areas of Scotland.
§ Mr. DeanThe services are now integrated and it is no longer possible to give a reliable apportionment of staff numbers.
On 1st October, 1972, the staff of my Department based in Scottish local authority areas was as follows:
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Cities Number of Staff Aberdeen 202 Dundee 225 Edinburgh 878 Glasgow 1,525 Burghs Airdrie 62 Alexandria 16 Alloa 25 Arbroath 46 Ardrossan 19 Ayr 143 Bathgate 91 Bo'ness 13 Broxburn 8 Buckie 7 Campbeltown 26 Clydebank 74
Burghs Number of Staff Coatbridge 86 Cowdenbeath 35 Cumbernauld 79 Cumnock 28 Dalkeith 22 Dunbarton 56 Dumfries 89 Dunfermline 109 Dunoon 6 Elgin 45 Falkirk 107 Forfar 8 Forres 6 Fort William 7 Fraserburgh 9 Galashiels 64 Grangemouth 10 Greenock 118 Haddington 10 Hamilton 158 Huntly 7 Inverness 85 Irvine 20 Johnstone 20 Kilbirnie 10 Kilmarnock 116 Kilsyth 21 Kirkcaldy 128 Kirkintilloch 14 Kirkerall 6 Lanark 12 Largs 6 Lerwick 5 Leven 31 Loanhead 18 Macduff 8 Montrose 6 Motherwell 110 Musselburgh 22 Newton Stewart 5 Oban 10 Paisley 190 Perth 78 Peterhead 37 Port Glasgow 28 Rothesay 5 Rutherglen 136 St. Andrews 7 Stevenston 7 Stirling 88 Stornoway 36 Stranraer 8 Thurso 7 Tranent 8 Wick 35 Wishaw 39 County Councils Lanark 95 Stirling 11 Sutherland 4 Midlothian 6 Total 5,897 The boundaries of local authority and local office areas are not completely coterminous. The figures do not include 525W staff employed in the Scottish Home and Health Department.
§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, how many civil servants were employed by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Supplementary Benefits Commission in the years 1969, 1970, 1971 and at the latest available date; and what are
Department of Health and Social Security Total Scotland (included in Department of Health and Social Security Total) Total Central Administration Public Services Total Central Administration Public Services 1st April, 1969 … 69,411 — — 5,570 — — 1st April, 1970 … 70,161 — — 5,639 — — 1st April, 1971 … 71,811 — — 5,665 — — 1st April, 1972 … 74,751 7,064 67,687 5,826 6 5,820 1st October, 1972 … 75,147 7,162 67,985 5,897 6 5,891 The breakdown between Central Administration and Public Services is not readily available for earlier dates. Industrial staff are included in figures from 1st April, 1972.
These figures do not include staff employed in the Scottish Home and Health Department.