§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the figures for local authority manpower in terms of full-time equivalents for each quarter from March 1976 to date, broken down into figures for teachers and lecturers, policemen, firemen and other employees respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information requested is as follows:
Lecturers/Teachers Police Officers and Cadets Fireman All Other Employees* 1976 March 62,601 12,918 3,823 177,408 June 62,828 12,859 3,830 177,631 September 63,007 12,761 3,888 176,281 December 63,872 12,698 3,868 173,265 1977 March 63,883 12,732 3,877 170,159 June 63,357 12,488 3,879 168,355 September 62,985 12,395 3,848 166,286 December 63,977 12,407 3,873 165,034 1978 March 63,977 12,377 3,794 165,445 June 63,552 12,316 3,807 168,278 September 64,106 12,611 3,996 170,818 December 64,183 12,842 4,224 170,828 1979 March 64,173 13,068 4,325 172,273 June 64,128 13,270 4,441 174,865 September 64,536 13,675 4,446 176,193 December 66,006 13,790 4,481 175,130 1980 March 65,453 13,820 4,491 174,942 June 65,102 13,721 4,527 177,330 September 64,627 13,721 4,526 178,146 * Excluding employment created by the job creation and special temporary employment schemes.