HC Deb 22 February 1977 vol 926 cc565-6W
Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked 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

the 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

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