§ Mr. Fairgrieveasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are currently the numbers employed by Scottish local authorities; and what they were before reorganisation.
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§ Mr. McElhoneOn 11th September 1976 the total number of employees of Scottish local authorities was 293,468 made up of 223,318 full-time and 70,150 part-time staff. These figures are exclusive of 2,838 people employed by local authorities under the Goverment's Job Creation Scheme.
The nearest comparable figure before the reorganisation was approximately 261,000. A breakdown of this figure between full-time and part-time employees is not available. The present trend, over the period June to September 1976, is stability in the number of full-time employees and a decrease of about 3,000 in part-timers.