§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will table the total wage salary costs of local authorities in England and Wales, excluding police and teachers' salaries, each year from 1962–63 to the nearest convenient date.
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§ Mr. OakesFollowing is the information:
Total Local Authority Expenditure on Wages and Salaries (c) Other than Teachers (a) and the Police Service (b) England and Wales £ million 1962–3 … … … 673 1963–4 … … … 725 1964–5 … … … 791 1955–6 … … … 973 1966–7 … … … 1,062 1967–8 … … … 1,191 1968–9 … … … 1,273 1969–70 … … … 1,392 1970–1 … … … 1,567 1971–2 … … … 1,858 1972–3 … … … 2,191 Source: Local Government Financial Statistics and Statistics of Education, Volume V.
(a) teachers in maintained schools and establishments.
(b) including school crossing patrols.
(c) for 1965–6 and later years the figures include employers' share of national insurance and superannuation contributions.