§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the current numbers of employees of the Welwyn Hatfield district council as notified to his Department; how this compares with the figures for the preceding five years; what percentage this is per head of district council population; and how that compares with other district councils in England and Wales.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information requested, taken from published joint manpower watch returns, is as follows.
Welwyn Hatfield district council Full-time employees Part-time employees 1978 * * June 1979 745 195 June 1980 759 179 June 1981 761 186 June 1982 764 184 June 1983 791 161 *Not available. In June 1983, the total number of council employees (full-time plus part-time) amounted to about 1 per cent. of the total population served. The corresponding staff-to-population ratio for the other district councils in England and Wales varied between 0.3 per cent. and 2 per cent.