§ Mr. Bill Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are employed in Scotland by national Governments local government and quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations
§ Mr. YoungerI cannot answer for other nationals or for Government Departments which are the responsibility of other Ministers. For Departments for which I am responsible, the staff-in-post figures—full-time equivalents—at 1 October 1979 were:
Scottish Office 7,727½ Scottish Prison Service 2,592½ State Hospital, Carstairs 353½ General Register Office 373½ Registers of Scotland 443 Royal Scottish Museum 167 Scottish Courts Administration 860 Scottish Record Office 134 TOTAL for Secretary of State's Departments 12,651 The most recent survey of local government employment indicated that, on 1 June 1979, the number of staff employed in local government in Scotland was 298,091–256,704 in terms of full-time equivalents.
As regards quasi autonomous nongovernmental organisations in Scotland, if my hon. Friend lets me know in which bodies for which my departments have responsibility he is interested, I shall provide what information is available about numbers of staff employed by them.