§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the aggregate numbers of persons of all grades employed by local authorities in 1971, and the numbers employed to the nearest convenient date in 1975.
§ Mr. John FraserAt June 1971 about 2,361,000 people in Great Britain were employed by local authorities. At June 1974, the most recent date for which the information is available, the figure was 2,584.000. The statistics do not include the police force and traffic wardens. Following the reorganisation of local authorities in England and Wales in April 1974 some items of work, including local health service functions, water supply and part of transport services were transferred to other organisations. The figures for 1971 and 1974 are thus not directly comparable.