§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many persons were emloyed in local government in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettNumbers employed by local authorities in England and Wales, including police, but excluding police civilians, cadets and traffic wardens and agency, magistrates' courts and probation staff, in each of the past 10 years were:
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mid-June Thousands 1966 1,919 1967 2,001 1968 2,069 1969 2,124 1970 2,162 1971 2,234 1972 2,340 1973 2,454 1974 2,443 1975 2,572(Provisional) The figure for 1975 is from the Joint Staff Watch started from March 1975. Figures for 1966–74 are from a previous series published by the Department of Employment.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total of salaries, wages and increments paid to persons employed in local government in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe figures as published annually in "Local Government Financial Statistics" are as follows:
£ million 1965–6 1,657 1966–7 1,794 1967–8 2,001 1968–9 2,131 — 1969–70 2,386 1970–1 2,708 1971–2 3,218 1972–3 3,795 1973–4 4,386 1974–5 5,722(provisional) There was a change in the treatment of certain superannuation contributions and
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METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS Domestic Rateable Value Non Domestic Rateable Value Total Rateable Value Average Domestic Rate Bill Average Domestic Rateable Value £m. £m. £m. £ £ Bolton … … … … 14.1 11.6 25.7 71 149 Bury … … … … 11.0 6.7 17.7 84 172 Manchester … … … 26.8 43.9 70.7 114 162 Oldham … … … … 11.0 10.1 21.1 75 130 Rochdale … … … … 9.8 9.4 19.2 83 129 Salford … … … … 14.7 15.2 29.9 86 154 Stockport … … … … 21.8 13.4 35.2 109 209 Tameside … … … … 11.2 8.9 20.1 79 136 Trafford … … … … 17.2 18.4 35.6 123 215 Wigan … … … … 15.7 12.3 28.0 77 143 Knowsley … … … … 10.2 10.9 21.1 125 179 Liverpool … … … … 29.9 41.3 71.2 83 157 St. Helens … … … … 10.6 10.3 20.9 93 159 Sefton … … … … 20.5 14.1 34.6 91 201 Wirral … … … … 24.0 15.3 39.3 115 196 Barnsley … … … … 8.9 7.6 16.5 68 111 Doncaster … … … … 12.7 12.9 25.6 90 131 Rotherham … … … 10.6 9.7 20.3 79 125 Sheffield … … … … 26.3 35.0 61.3 77 127 Gateshead … … … … 10.4 9.8 20.2 83 126 Newcastle … … … … 16.2 21.7 37.9 114 147 North Tyneside … … … 11.2 7.7 18.9 98 148 South Tyneside … … … 8.2 7.1 15.3 79 131 Sunderland … … … 12.9 11.2 24.1 80 126 Birmingham … … … 70.9 83.8 154.7 108 196 Coventry … … … … 21.4 20.4 41.8 105 193 Dudley … … … … 21.7 17.4 39.1 89 207 Sandwell … … … … 20.5 27.9 48.4 103 184 Solihull … … … … 17.2 8.0 25.2 129 263 Walsall … … … … 18.3 17.9 36.2 97 202 Wolverhampton … … … 18.6 20.1 38.7 100 208 payments between 1968–9 and 1969–70. This, and minor changes in 1966–7, are described in "Local Government Financial Statistics" for the years concerned.