HC Deb 20 December 1979 vol 976 c388W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total staff establishment of each regional water authority in England and Wales on 1 April 1974; and on that date for each subsequent year; and what it is currently.

Mr. Fox

The figures in the attached table set out the numbers of people employed by each water authority in England and Wales between 31 March 1975 and 31 March 1979. Comparable figures are not available for 1 April 1974. These figures are taken from the water authorities' annual reports and are given as full-time employee equivalents, except for 1979 where the information for the authorities marked with an asterisk is only available as total numbers of people employed.

that publication of quarterly figures is called for.