§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in view of the fact that local government employees at present categorised under "all other local authority departments" increased from 487,282 in 1960 to 677,682 in 1973, if he will consider taking the necessary steps to obtain a detailed breakdown of these figures in the future.
§ Mr. John FraserI have been asked to reply.
I am reluctant to ask local authorities to provide more detailed information than they already supply. A substantial part of the category "all other local authority departments" represents the main administrative functions of these authorities.