HC Deb 07 July 1980 vol 988 cc57-9W
Mr. Sproat

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, for the latest available 12-month period, what is the total number of non-teaching staff employed in each

Mr. Younger

Estimated income for 1979–80 from regional and district rates and, in the case of islands authorities, from general rates, are shown in the table below.

were the figures in each year since reorganisation.

Mr. Younger

The table below shows for each health board the number of ancillary staff in post, for each year from 1974 to 1979 (the latest year for which figures are available).

local education authority in Scotland; and what were the figures in each of the past five years.

Mr. Younger

Information relating to individual education authorities is not available to me. The Scottish totals of non-teaching staff for the last five years are as follows:

March 1976 44,940
March 1977 43,958
March 1978 41,042
March 1979 42,179
March 1980 42,430

The figures are of full-time equivalents.