§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the total numbers of staff employed full-time, part-time and full-time equivalent by (a) all local authorities in England and (b) by local authorities by their party of control since 1979 to date.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 13 January 1986, c. 469–70]: Given below are the figures requested. The figures showing employment in authorities according to political control refer only to those authorities whose political control has remained unchanged between 1979 and 1985.
June 1979 June 1985 Change per cent. England Full-time 1,468,995 1,373,994 —6.5 Part-time 876,079 859,726 —1.9 Full-time equivalent 1,813,217 1,714,639 —5.4 Conservative controlled (20.6 per cent. of 1985 Manpower) Full-time 318,683 283,409 —3.6 Part-time 191,199 175,980 — Labour Controlled (22.6 per cent. of 1985 Manpower) Full-time 339,683 327,453 —3.6 Part-time 171,678 176,425 +2.8 Liberal controlled (less than 0.1 per cent. of 1985 Manpower) Full-time 418 341 —18.4 Part-time 70 50 —28.6 Independent controlled (0.6 per cent. of 1985 Manpower) Full-time 12,360 11,880 —3.9 Part-time 1,882 1,935 +2.8 Notes:
(a)Includes only General Services Manpower.
(b)Full Time Equivalents are not available at an individual authority level.
(c)excludes from the analysis by political control:
- (i) authorities that have changed political control between 1979 and 1985.
- (ii) authorities under no overall political control.
- (iii) authorities from whom figures were not available for either or both years.