§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give
NUMBERS OF STAFF IN POST 1st January 1972 1st January 1973 1st January 1974 Industrial Non-Industrial Industrial Non-Industrial Industrial Non-Industrial Scottish Office Departments and Central Services 985 6,135 694 6,396 642 6,626 Scottish Prison Service 91 1,949 110 2,092 98 1,981 State Hospital, Carstairs — 304 — 306 — 315 General Register Office, Scotland* — 775 — 698 — 477 Registers of Scotland — 289 — 311 — 380 Royal Scottish Museum — 160 — 169 — 166 Scottish Courts Administration — 518 — 531 5 718 Scottish Record Office 23 82 24 110 25 114 Totals for Secretary of State's Departments 11,311 11,441 11,547
1st January 1975 1st January 1976 1st January 1977 Industrial Non-Industrial Industrial Non-Industrial Industrial Non-Industrial Scottish Office Departments and Central Services 622 6,828 634† 7,384† 604 7,122 Scottish Prison Service 89 2,036 94 2,215 89 2,365 State Hospital, Carstairs — 308 — 344 — 352 General Register Office, Scotland* — 418 — 383 — 375 Registers of Scotland — 387 — 394 — 395 Royal Scottish Museum — 173 — 180 — 175 Scottish Courts Administration 4 728 4 725 5 763 Scottish Record Office 23 116 24 114 23 112 Totals for Secretary of State's Departments 11,732 12,495 12,380 * The General Register Office total includes staff recruited on a temporary basis for work in connection with the processing of the 1971 Census data. † This includes staff transferred from the Department of Industry in July 1975. Figures for local government are not available on an industrial and non-industrial basis. In the following table the totals for the years 1972 to 1974 are derived from the Department of Employment: those for 1975 and 1976 are from surveys carried out by the National Joint Councils for Local Authorities Services. The 1975 figure included some 10,000 employees brought into the local government
566Wthe numbers employed in central Government and in local government, respectively, in each of the past five years; and if he will distinguish between those in industrial and in non-industrial employment.
§ Mr. Millan, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 21st February 1977; Vol. 926, c. 489], gave the following information:
As regards central Government, I can only answer for Departments for which I am responsible, where the information is as follows:
field as a result of the reorganisation.
NUMBERS EMPLOYED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND 30th June 1972 … … 243,581 30th June 1973 … … 245,413 30th June 1974 … … 253,351 16th May 1975 … … 279,126 12th June 1976 … … 296,753