HC Deb 14 March 1978 vol 946 cc166-7W
Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available figures for the number of local authority employees in the education service in England and Wales. excluding lecturers and teachers.

Mr. Guy Barnett

At 10th September 1977, the latest date for which information is available, the Joint Manpower Watch figures show 215,157 full-time and 486,141 part-time staff, other than lecturers and teachers, employed in the education service by local authorities in England and Wales.