HC Deb 27 October 1976 vol 918 cc233-4W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the latest Joint Staff Watch figure for local government staff; and if he will compare this total with the numbers employed one year earlier.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The latest joint manpower watch figures at 12th June 1976 were published jointly on 21st October by my Department and the local authority associations. A copy of the Press release is available in the Library.

The numbers of full-and part-time employees in local authorities in England and Wales, excluding police, agency staff, magistrates' courts and probation staffs, at June 1975 and June 1976 were as follows:

Thousands
June 1975 2,452
June 1976 (provisional) 2,466