§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of employees of local authorities in each of the past five years, giving full-time and part-time employees separately, and the total full-time equivalent, up to the latest available date.
§ Mr. OakesThe number of full-time and part-time employees of local authorities in England and Wales, including police, but excluding police civilians, cadets and traffic wardens, and agency, magistrates' courts and probation staff, were:
Full-time Part-time (Thousands) Full-time equivalent June— 1970 1,468 694 † 1971 1,506 728 1972 1,570 770 1973 1,629 825 1974 1,598 845 1975 1,656 917 2,009 September 1975* 1,674 898 2,024 *Provisional. † Information not available. The figures for 1975 are from the Joint Staff Watch Survey which started in 41W March 1975. Figures for 1970–74 are from a previous series published by the Department of Employment which did not include full-time equivalents.