§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will obtain from the local authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board, and publish in the Official Report, details of each authority which contributed to the increase of 1,225 in the aggregate numbers employed by local authorities on recreation, parks and baths between June and September 1979 and, also of local authorities which increased manpower in libraries and museums, and on environmental health, over the same period.
§ Mr. KingNo. This information is supplied voluntarily by local authorities to the local authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board on a confidential basis. We are discussing with the local authority associations what information about the numbers employed by individual authorities might in future be made available to the Government for publication.