§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the total number of local government staff in the following categories(a) education (lecturers and teachers), (b) education (others), (c) construction, (d) social services, (e) other general services and (f) police in the United Kingdom giving figures for (i) total number of staff and (ii) full-time equivalents for each of the years 1968, 1988 and 1990, or the latest date available showing the percentage increase/decrease in each case.
§ Mr. KeyThe information for England is as follows:
395W2. Education figures are affected by the transfer of polytechnics from the local authority sector in April 1989.
3. Other general services figures are affected by the transfer of municipal bus and airport undertakings from the local authority sector in 1986 and 1987.