LOCAL AUTHORITY EMPLOYMENT (Hansard, 10 December 1981)

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were total numbers of people employed by local authorities and their division between main categories of employment for each of the years: 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1981.

TABLE 1 LOCAL AUTHORITY MANPOWER—GREAT BRITAIN 1955, 1960, 1965 AND 1970
	June 1955	June 1960	June 1965	June 1970
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Education Department:
(a) Lecturers and Teachers	293,639	55,137	336,043	76,043	381,733	122,014	453,020	155,429
(b) Other staff (clerical, cleaners etc.)	73,459	75,093	88,540	99,554	158,437	274,640	201,824	394,572
Water supply	19,817	331	18,322	281	16,479	375	12,068	660
Building and Civil Engineering (Construction)	70,232	218	100,464	406	136,354	576	127,265	719
Transport Services	95,344	407	88,952	454	83,117	561	50,581	515
Health Services, Day Nurseries, Children's, Aged Persons', other Homes	99,293	36,779	108,353	54,917	126,322	82,905	151,696	112,807
Restaurants and Canteens (including school canteens) Orchestras, Entertainments, Amusement Parks, Race Courses, Golf Courses, etc.	53,414	92,505	57,819	109,142	14,015	5,877	11,923	6,287
All other Local Authority Departments	443,292	31,965	446,934	40,348	476,143	52,097	530,119	73,682
Police Forces (including Metropolitan Police)	74,170	—	82,076	—	93,081	—	103,166	—
Grand Total	1,222,660	292,435	1,327,503	381,145	1,485,681	539,045	1,641,662	744,671

Source: Department of Employment.

TABLE 2 LOCAL AUTHORITY MANPOWER—ENGLAND AND WALES 1975—GREAT BRITAIN 1980, 1981
	(England and Wales)	(Great Britain)
	June 1975	June 1980	June 1981
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Education:
Lectures and teachers	…	…	…	517,102	160,611	603,692	151,446	591,633	139,514
Others	…	…	…	222,055	490,353	226,174	521,093	212,976	509,922
Construction	…	…	…	141,124	726	151,074	747	142,703	634
Transport	…	…	…	23,618	444	31,420	473	30,301	505
Social Services	…	…	…	127,857	148,243	155,479	191,254	157,741	191,586
Public Libraries and museums	…	…	…	25,020	14,741	27,397	17,562	27,139	17,688
Recreation, parks and baths	…	…	…	70,550	15,631	83,655	24,274	82,192	24,003
Environmental health	…	…	…	21,296	2,414	23,583	2,498	23,227	2,413
Refuse collection and disposal	…	…	…	50,809	348	59,889	544	57,835	560
Housing	…	…	…	38,993	9,760	49,498	13,183	50,608	13,371
Town and Country Planning	…	…	…	20,612	635	23,193	698	22,790	636
Fire Service:
Regular	…	…	…	31,914	—	40,197	9	39,807	9
Others	…	…	…	4,910	1,704	4,881	2,120	4,850	2,141
Miscellaneous Services	…	…	…	260,537	50,297	274,729	51,023	269,024	49,810
TOTAL (General Services)	…	…	…	1,556,397	895,907	1,754,861	976,924	1,713,096	952,792
Police:
All Ranks	…	…	…	103,564	—	128,428	—	131,771	—
Others	…	…	…	41,385	8,419	43,055	9,359	44,011	9,497
Magistrates Courts (Administration of District Courts)	…	…	…	6,407	1,215	7,738	1,767	8,024	1,875
Probation Staff:
Officers	…	…	…	4,821	131	5,125	152	5,423	146
Others	…	…	…	2,862	1,065	3,364	2,193	3,613	2,591
TOTAL (Law and Order Service)	…	…	…	159,039	10,830	187,710	13,471	192,842	14,109
Agency Staff	…	…	…	481	213	435	303	310	261
GRAND TOTAL	…	…	…	1,715,917	906,950	1,943,006	990,698	1,906,248	967,162
Source: Joint Manpower Watch.
Notes—Tables 1 and 2
1. The information in Table 1 is derived from Department of Employment statistics and excludes police, civilians, cadets, traffic wardens, and agency, magistrates courts and probation service staff. Information for later years is available from the Joint Manpower Watch; these more detailed figures are in Table 2.
2. All figures exclude those employed under special employment and training measures.
3. About 20,000 employees were transferred to Passenger Transport Executives between 1969 and 1970 and an estimated 90,000 employees were transferred to Regional Water Authorities, the National Health Service and the Passenger Transport Executives at 1st April 1974.

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