HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 cc662-3W
Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire(a) full time and (b) part time in each year since 1983.

Mr. Baldry

The available information is given in the table:

Numbers employed in Local Authorities in Northamptonshire at June of each year
1983 1984 1985 1986
Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Northamptonshire 11,784 9,751 11,832 9,735 11,857 10,254 11,890 10,934
Corby 527 122 550 112 582 108 572 141
Daventry 268 48 268 43 275 53 287 54
East Northamptonshire 263 70 266 73 264 73 265 72
Kettering 509 92 494 105 486 103 485 108
Northampton 1,606 172 1,608 159 1,599 183 1,606 178
South Northamptonshire 261 35 263 34 257 34 252 37
Wellingborough 386 67 389 73 384 77 376 79

1987 1988 1989 1990
Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Northamptonshire 11,594 11,223 11,819 11,477 11,536 11,295 11,005 12,365
Corby 583 170 580 135 613 134 667 153
Daventry 298 59 311 73 N/A N/A 314 106
East Northamptonshire 261 69 260 80 267 78 213 57
Kettering 478 109 478 96 468 104 464 105
Northampton 1,482 216 1,431 235 N/A N/A 1,554 192
South Northamptonshire 255 43 255 26 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wellingborough 378 83 384 90 388 93 388 105

1991 1992 1993
Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Northamptonshire 10,943 10,966 10,752 10,409 10,015 9,362
Corby 621 135 613 133 N/A N/A
Daventry 312 118 315 86 312 89
East Northamptonshire 200 57 203 57 N/A N/A
Kettering N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Northampton 1,602 281 1,518 151 1,429 255
South Northamptonshire N/A N/A 342 43 336 74
Wellingborough 392 100 383 119 346 116
* Provisional data
N/A: Data not available

Source: Joint Staffing Watch for England.

Notes:

(i) Education, highways, fire services, law and order and social services are administered by Northamptonshire county council. The other authorities shown are district councils which, amongst other services administer housing, planning and refuse collection.

(ii) Polytechnics and higher education institutions were transferred from the local authority sector in April 1989.

(iii) Further education institutions became the responsibility of the Further Education Funding Council in April 1993.