HC Deb 04 December 1979 vol 975 cc151-2W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the total number of local government employees in each year since 1960.

Mr. King

The attached table gives the combined totals of full and part-time employees in local authorities in England

general consent to the sale of subsidised new town housing at concessionary prices.

and Wales, including police, for the period since 1960. The numbers of police civilians, traffic wardens, police cadets, agency, magistrates' courts and probation staffs were not covered in surveys prior to 1975 and are therefore excluded from the table in order to provide a broadly comparable set of figures.

Mid-June Thousands
1960 1,532
1961 1,576
1962 1,638
1963 1,697
1964 1,772
1965 1,827
1966 1,919
1967 2,001
1968 2,069
1969 2,124
1970 2,162
1971 2,234
1972 2,340
1973 2,454
1974 2,443
1975 2,556
1976 2,574
1977 2,556
1978 2,568
1979 2,611

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