§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of local government personnel in England in (a) education, (b) planning, (c) police, (d) fire services, (e) social services, (f) consumer services, (g) library and recreation and (h) other services during the years 1960, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983; and what was the total cost in salaries and wages in each case.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe available information is given in tables A and B. These tables are not directly comparable, in particular because the manpower costs in table B relate only to current expenditure, and exclude, for example, staff costs associated with capital works and housing revenue accounts.
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June 1960 June 1970 June 1980 June 1981 June 1982 June 1983 FT PT FT PT FT PT FT PT FT PT FT PT Civilians — — — — 30,797 6,620 32,132 6,716 32,348 6,405 32,590 6,232 Fire Services● Regular — — — — 33,858 9 33,555 9 33,790 3 33,973 2 Civilians — — — — 4,071 1,885 4,019 1,913 3,991 1,936 4,003 1,928 Social Services 92,547 47,391 132,343 96,607 128,556 159,605 130,629 159,605 130,338 162,551 132,932 166,483 Consumer protection║● — — — — 3,307 229 3,251 226 3,340 206 3,372 212 Recreation, parks and baths† 49,346 98,071 10,213 5,642 66,387 19,744 65,117 19,444 63,997 19,674 65,299 20,657 Public libraries and museums● — — — — 23,131 15,431 22,866 15,431 23,021 16,050 23,202 16,442 Other services● 539,677 33,762 595,144 63,497 471,109 59,560 456,752 58,362 442,658 57,163 444,083 57,135 Agency staff¶ — — — — 429 303 310 261 374 334 489 392 Magistrates courts and probation staff¶ — — — — 15,191 3,902 16,063 4,388 16,387 4,493 16,846 4,627 * Data for I960 and 1970 are taken from the Departments of Employment Gazette and for 1980–83 from the local authority joint manpower watch (which started in 1975). For consistency all figures relate to June of the year concerned. † In 1960, school canteen staff were included under "Recreation, parks and baths", from 1970 onwards, under "Education—others". ‡ Figures for police civilians, cadets and traffic wardens are not available for 1960 and 1970 (nor are they included in "other services"). ║ Figures for consumer services are limited to those engaged on consumer protection; those engaged on other consumer services are not separately identifiable. ¶ Figures for staff employed by agencies, in magistrates courts and in the probation and after care services are not available for 1960 and 1970; figures for 1980–83 are identified under separate headings. ● Other services: Figures for staff engaged on town and country planning, fire services, consumer protection and public libraries and museums are included in the totals under this heading for 1960 and 1970 only; but they are not separately identifiable. (Figures for 1980–83 for these groups are identified separately in the table).
Table B Local government expenditure on employees—England 1960–61*† 1970–71† 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83‡ £ million £ million £ million £ million £ millon Education 414.0 1,126.3 6,441.5 7,149.5 7,590.8 Planning — — 166.5 172.7 185.6 Police 73.9 247.9 1,509.4 1,797.5 2,018.6 Fire 18.9 51.1 331.1 392.6 435.8 Social services 69.1 214.7 1,208.9 1,350.5 1,482.6 Consumer services — — 31.9 36.3 39.6 Libraries, recreation — 73.1 480.5 523.7 567.3 Other services 395.4 840.3 3,341.4 3,624.8 3,844.1 Total 971.3 2,553.4 1,3511.2 15,047.6 16,164.4 * Figures for 1960–61 are for England and Wales. † A full service breakdown cannot be given for 1960–61 and 1970–71. Figures for planning, consumer services and (in 1960–61) libraries and recreation, are included in "other services". ‡ Figures for 1982–83 are provisional.