§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each Scottish local authority(a) its population, (b) its number of employees, (c) the number of employees per thousand population and (d) the political party in control.
§ Mr. LangThe table lists for each Scottish local authority(a) its population, (b) its number of employees and (c) the number of employees per thousand population as at June 1991. These are the most up-to-date population figures available. The information concerning the political party in control of each local authority is at May 1992.
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Local authority Population Number of employees Number of employees per thousand population Political party in control Skye and Lochalsh 11,750 103 8.8 Ind Sutherland 13,170 133 10.1 Ind Lothian 750,500 34,644 46.2 Lab East Lothian 85,300 1,010 11.8 Lab City of Edinburgh 438,780 5,427 12.4 NOC1 Midlothian 79,990 801 10.0 Lab West Lothian 146,430 1,539 10.5 NOC1 Strathclyde 2,296,300 105,119 45.8 Lab Argyll and Bute 65,090 812 12.5 Ind Bearsden and Milngavie 41,040 362 8.8 NOC1 Clydebank 46,380 634 13.7 Lab Clydesdale 58,110 668 11.5 NOC1 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 63,470 570 9.0 Lab Cumnock and Doon Valley 42,950 616 14.3 Lab Cunninghame 139,100 1,668 12.0 Lab Dumbarton 78,580 1,220 15.5 NOC1 East Kilbride 84,200 745 8.8 Lab Eastwood 60,580 343 5.7 Con City of Glasgow 687,590 12,998 18.9 Lab Hamilton 106,780 1,198 11.2 Lab Inverclyde 91,600 1,329 14.5 Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun 81,350 1,045 12.8 NOC1 Kyle and Carrick 113,400 1,762 15.5 Con Monklands 103,990 1,580 15.2 Lab Motherwell 144,750 1,813 12.5 Lab Renfrew 200,930 2,572 12.8 Lab Strathkelvin 86,410 904 10.5 Lab Tayside 391,900 18,123 46.2 NOC1 Angus 94,820 890 9.4 SNP City of Dundee 172,120 3,064 17.8 Lab Perth and Kinross 124,960 1,047 8.4 Con Orkney Islands Area 19,580 1,654 84.5 Ind Shetland Islands Area 22,500 2,519 112.0 Ind Western Isles Islands Area 29,420 2,277 77.4 Ind 1 No party in overall control.