HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 cc68-9W
Mr. Michael Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest quarterly estimate of total local authority staffing in England and Wales; and what is the change in staff numbers expressed as a percentage for each quarter since the staff survey was introduced.

Mr. Guy Barnett

At 11th March 1978, the latest date for which information is available, the joint manpower watch figures show 1,698,776 full-time and 928,525 part-time staff—2,060,562 full-time equivalents—in local authorities in England and Wales. The table below summarises the quarterly charges in full-time equivalent staff numbers from the start of the joint manpower watch survey, in March 1975, to March 1978:

Change in Numbers of Full Time Equivalents Percentage Change
March—June 1975 +14,702 +0.7
June—September +13,750 +0.7
September—December +2,294 +0.1
December—March 1976 +785 N/C
March—June +2,341 +0.1
June—September -8,363 -0.4
September—December -1,526 -0.1
December—March 1977 -8,082 -0.4
March—June -3,972 -0.2
June—September -10,361 -0.5
September—December +260 N/C
December—March 1978 +1,767 +0.1