HC Deb 16 March 1972 vol 833 cc170-1W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the aggregate numbers of persons of all grades employed by local authorities in 1969, and the numbers employed to the nearest convenient date in 1971.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The numbers employed by local authorities and in police forces in Great Britain at June, 1969, and June, 1971, were 2,344,283 and 2,466,488, respectively.