§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on his policies on(a) the management of (b) the purchase of land by, and (c) the introduction of the right to buy in relation to housing associations.
Joint manpower watch (England) annual change in full-time equivalents 1979 to date at December FTE's FTE's Change since December 1979 December 1979 December 1988 FTE's percentage 1. General Services Education—lecturers and teachers 537,958 502,932 -35,026 -6.5 Education—others 402,409 382,543 -19,866 -4.9 Construction 121,789 100,359 -21,430 -17.6 Transport 20,232 2,592 -17,640 -87.2 Social services 195,182 229,836 34,654 17.8 Public libraries and museums 31,258 33,216 1,958 6.3 Recreation, parks and baths 69,686 74,550 4,864 7.0 Environmental health 20,679 19,130 -1,549 -7.5 Refuse collection and disposal 47,325 34,109 -13,216 -27.9 Housing 48,118 60,957 12,839 26.7 Town and country planning 20,602 21,607 1,005 4.9 Fire service—regular 33,959 34,209 250 0.7 Fire service—others 4,894 5,685 791 16.2 Miscellaneous services 244,500 232,258 -12,242 -5.0 Total 1,798,591 1,733,983 -64,608 -3.6 2. Law and order services Police—all ranks 107,027 118,249 11,222 10.5 —cadets 3,600 351 -3,249 -90.3 —traffic wardens 4,113 4,486 373 9.1 —civilians 33,106 40,037 6,931 20.9 Magistrates courts—staff 7,638 9,223 1,585 20.8 Probation staff—officers 4,879 6,343 1,464 30.0 Others 4,207 6,396 2,189 52.0 Total 164,570 185,085 20,515 12.5 3. Agency staff 595 1,644 1,049 176.3 Grand total 1,963,756 1,920,712 -43,044 - 2.2 Note: There is likely to have been some reclassification of staff between service categories over this period, so the figures for the two years may not be entirely comparable. Local authority functions have also changed over the period.