§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers employed in the schools career advisory service, nationally and by local education authorities, and national average annual salary for 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 19 January 1984, c. 277]: Information on the numbers employed in the careers service is given in the following table. The information about the national average annual salary is not readily available.
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Table 1 Careers Service Establishment Local Authority 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 Shires Avon 100 109 112 Bedfordshire 68 66 67 Berkshire 77½ 90 90 Buckinghamshire 53½ 56½ 57 Cambridgeshire 61½ 64 67 Cheshire 101 119 110 Cleveland 101 106 106 Cornwall 43½ 44½ 46½ Cumbria 50 56½ 59½ Derbyshire 97 104 104 Devon 107 110 110 Dorset 62½ 70¼ 68 Durham 78 91 89 East Sussex 56 61 68 Essex 131 140 138 Gloucestershire 54¼ 58¼ 61½ Hampshire 167 182¾ 195½ Hereford and Worcester 75¼ 88¼ 86¾ Humberside 109 132 137½ Hertfordshire 111 115¾ 118¾ Isle of Wight 14 17½ 17 Kent 160 172 173 Lancashire 160½ 166¾ 176 Leicestershire 6O½ 95½ 102 Lincolnshire 60¾ 63¾ 64¾ Norfolk 51 57 59¾ Northamptonshire 51 57 62¼ Northumberland 42 46 48¼ North Yorkshire 66 71½ 80 Nottinghamshire 111½ 133½ 136 Oxfordshire 50 52¾ 53 Shropshire 48 50½ 56½ Somerset 52½ 56 59 Staffordshire 118½ 128½ 134 Suffolk 55 58 60 Surrey 98 102 110 Warwickshire 61½ 64½ 68½ West Sussex 40½ 46 46 Wiltshire 60 65½ 66 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS Greater Manchester Bolton 29 31 32 Bury 19 24 27 Manchester 79 83½ 86½ Oldham 21 22½ 22 493W
Local Authority 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 Rochdale 23 27 33 Salford 33 35 35 Stockport 26 28 28 Tameside 26 31 32 Trafford 25 27 27 Wigan 39 41 41 Merseyside Knowsley 42 45 47 Liverpool 101 106 107 St. Helens 29 32 31 Sefton 45 49 48 Wirral 42 44 45 South Yorkshire Barnsley 34 37¼ 36½ Doncaster 47 52 51 Rotherham 32½ 38 38 Sheffield 89 95 102 Tyne Wear Gateshead 36 40 43 Newcastle 75½ 83 76 South Tyneside 31 35 34 North Tyneside 35 40 40 Sunderland 61 64 64 West Midlands Birmingham 159 181 176 Coventry 66 69 88 Dudley 26½ 30½ 30½ Sandwell 44 50 51 Solihull 23 28 31 Walsall 37 48 49 Wolverhampton 50½ 54 57½ West Yorkshire Bradford 75½ 82 87 Calderdale 18 20½ 20½ Kirkleess 42¾ 46 48¼ Leeds 76 93 88 Wakefield 43½ 44 44 Inner London Education Authority 411 460 473½ London Boroughs Barking 22½ 22½ 22½ Barnet 25 25 25 Bexley 19½ 22½ 23½ Brent 48½ 49 49 Bromley 24½ 25 23½ Croydon 32 34 29 Ealing 39 40 40 Enfield 24 24 24 Haringey 36 38 36 Harrow 29 30 28 Havering 34½ 35 35 Hillingdon 32 30½ 30 Hounslow 25½ 27½ 25 Kingston 13 15 14 Merton 14 14 14½ Newham 36 33 38 Redbridge 26 27 25¾ Richmond 16 16½ 16½ Sutton 11 13 13 Waltham Forest 27 30½ 37 TOTAL ENGLISH AUTHORITIES 5,694 6,238 6,383¼ Clwyd 51 52 55 Dyfed 31 32½ 32½ Gwent 76 83 83 Gwynedd 32 33 33 Mid Glamorgan 88 93 95½
Local Authority 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 Powys 12½ 13½ 15½ South Glamorgan 45 46 52½ West Glamorgan 43 48 46 TOTAL WELSH AUTHORITIES 378½ 401½ 413 Borders 10 11 11¾ Central 39¾ 39¾ 49¾ Dumfries and Galloway 21¾ 22¾ 24¼ Fife 58 58 59 Grampian 42 44½ 53 Highland 26 28 31 Lothian 97 100 98 Strathclyde 336 349 368½ Tayside 47 48 49 Orkney 1½ 1½ 2 Shetland 2½ 2½ 2 Western Isles 3 4 4 TOTAL SCOTTISH AUTHORITIES 684½ 709 752¼ GRAND TOTAL: GREAT BRITAIN 6,757 7,348½ 7,548½ Note: The figures given are for establishment at 1 April each year for all careers service staff including those who give careers guidance in schools, those who work with unemployed young people and those involved with various training schemes.