§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the latest figures compiled by the Joint Staff Watch Survey of Local Authorities showing the numbers employed by local authorities in England and Wales at that date; and if he will compare the figures with those for March 1975 and June 1974.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe latest provisional figures from the Joint Staff Watch Survey are at 14th June 1975. The full and part-time totals, excluding police forces, agency staff, magistrates' courts and probation staff are as follows:
Thousands June 1975, 2,463 March 1975, 2,437 The nearest comparable figure for June 1974 is 2,342, taken from returns published by the Department of Employment.