§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked 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 BarnettAt 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 69W 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