HC Deb 25 March 1982 vol 20 cc419-20W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each water authority in 1978; what are the figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981; and what is his target for the 1982–83 financial year.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The numbers employed by English water authorities at 31 March 1978 calculated on a head-count basis including part time employees, were as follows:

Number
North-West 9,103
Northumbrian 2,385
Severn-Trent 11,073
Yorkshire 6,273
Anglian 6,823
Thames 12,125
Southern 4,122
Wessex 2,363
South-West 2,491

From 31 March 1979, the numbers have been calculated on a full-time equivalent basis, and on this basis the numbers for 1979, 1980 and 1981 were as follows:

31 March

1979

31 March

1980

31 March

1981

North-West 9,379 9,300 9,120
Northumbrian 2,453 2,384 2,309
Severn-Trent 11,240 11,107 10,886
Yorkshire 6,338 6,415 6,522
Anglian 6,978 6,951 6,744
Thames 12,061 11,993 11,945
Southern 4,207 4,256 4,101
Wessex 2,425 2,465 2,398
South-West 2,534 2,506 2,450

We do not publish targets for future manpower numbers for water authorities.