HC Deb 19 February 1981 vol 999 cc219-21W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report an analysis by age, sex, skill and region of the reduction in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in local authorities in England between September 1979 and September 1980.

Mr. King

The following table sets out the available information.

England Change in Numbers Employed by Local Authorities September 1979-September 1980
Greater London
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1) Lecturers and Teachers –632 –346 –773 +175
(2)Other Staff +75 +56 –945 –1,470
Construction –621 +3 –88 –1
Transport Services
Social Services
Department –142 +27 +119 +969
All Other
Departments and Services +566 –89 –125 –297
Totals –754 –749 –1,812 –614

Rest of South East
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers –745 –147 –1,363 +205
(2)Other Staff –515 –621 –2,942 –8,320
Construction +99 –3 +24
Transport Services +28 –10 –27 +4
Social Services
Department –123 +53 –497 +143
All Other
Departments and Services –1,312 –850 +103 +96
Totals –2,568 –1,578 –4,702 –7,872

East Anglia
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers +728 –68 –632 –401
(2)Other Staff –171 +656 –314 –1,658
Construction –101 –1 –4 –6
Transport Services +14 –1 +5
Social Services Department +25 +100 +66 –257
All Other Departments and Services –108 –90 –222 –45
Totals +787 +597 –1,7107 –2,362

South West
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers +92 –159 –115 –760
(2)Other Staff –92 –231 –1,380 –1,587
Construction –77 +1 –2
Transport Services –122 –5 +1
Social Services Department +39 +28 –54 +248
All Other Departments and Services –1,062 –48 –311 +136
Totals –1,122 –423 –1,860 –1,960

West Midlands
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers –166 +259 +284 +40
(2)Other Staff –86 +57 –1,670 –495
Construction –637 –4 +10 –18
Transport Services +4 +1
Social Services Department –190 –25 +413 +694
All Other Departments and Services –413 –387 +142 +521
Totals –1,488 –100 –820 +742

East Midlands
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers –294 –241 –482 –419
(2)Other Staff –345 –46 –1,841 –1,889
Construction –144 +3 +9 –3
Transport Services +13 –5 +19 –1
Social Services Department +85 +16 +793 –518
All Other Departments and Services –226 –56 +4 +128
Totals –911 –329 –1,498 –2,702

Yorks and Humberside
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers –657 –257 –816 +625
(2)Other Staff –7 –90 –1,295 –866
Construction –16 +3 –3 +24
Transport Services +23 –3
Social Services Department +204 –6 +253 +475
All Other Departments and Services –1,587 –9 –187 +395

North West
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1) Lecturers and Teachers –1,404 –956 –714 –543
(2)Other Staff –128 +114 –2,154 –1,356
Construction –592 +3 +15 +17
Transport Services –61 +10 –6

North West
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Social Services Department –100 –24 +277 –149
All Other Departments and Services –1,131 –768 –467 +898
Totals –3,416 –1,621 –3,043 –1,139

North
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Education
(1)Lecturers and Teachers –851 –234 –225 –497
(2)Other Staff –370 –34 –513 –691
Construction –744 +4 –3 –6
Transport Services –49 –1 +11 +1
.Social Services Department +88 –8 –1 +11
All Other Departments and Services –1,475 –81 –289 +36
Totals –3,401 –354 –1,020 –1,146

England (Totals)
Males Females
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
–15,413 –4,519 –17,910 –16,410
–19,932 –34,320
–54.252

Notes

(1)The figures exclude staff employed in the police, magistrates courts and probation services.

(2)The statistics from which these change figures are derived include, at September 1979. staff employed under the Government's Special Temporary Employment Programme (STEP): the figures for September 1980 do not. The change figures therefore reflect the effects of removing about 5,000 STEP employees from the survey between those dates.