§ 39. Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the level of local authority staff.
§ Mr. KingThe latest available figures, taken fron the December 1980 return of the Joint Manpower Watch published on 23 March 1981, and available in the Library, are 1,694,585 full-time employees and 910,463 part-time employees, making a total of 2,605,048, or 2,053,079 full-time equivalents.