HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 cc611-3W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the number of employees of each district and county council in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The latest estimates of local authority staff numbers, excluding those employed under special employment and training measures, are given in the following table.

Number of staff employed by local authorities at March 19941
Full-time employees Part-time employees2
County Councils3
Clwyd 6,960 7,323
Dyfed 7,643 7,227
Gwent 8,615 9,707
Gwynedd 4,877 4,730
Mid Glamorgan 12,173 9,078
Powys4 2,990 2,495

Full-time employees Part-time employees2
South Glamorgan 7,502 7,128
West Glamorgan 8,205 5,938
District Councils:
Aberconwy5 447 36
Alyn and Deeside 498 98
Arfon 494 75
Blaenau Gwent 912 155
Brecknock 222 28
Cardiff 2,454 1,103
Carmarthen 372 71
Ceredigion 528 30
Colwyn 369 86
Cynon Valley 591 43
Delyn 473 185
Dinefwr 235 14
Dwyfor 235 23
Glyndwr 256 92
Islwyn 620 77
Llanelli 608 80
Lliw Valley 487 80
Meirionnydd 280 47
Merthyr Tydfil 685 87
Monmouth 448 124
Montgomeryshire 301 150
Neath 534 81
Newport 1,184 243
Ogwr 924 243
Port Tabot 436 84
Preseli Pembrokeshire 508 64
Radnorshire 144 51
Rhondda 736 214
Rhuddlan 341 47
Rhymney Valley 906 265
South Pembrokeshire 287 25
Swansea 2,271 217
Taff Ely 654 128
Torfaen 768 158
Vale of Glamorgan 699 140
Wrexham Maelor 1,071 204
Ynys Mon 445 77

Source: Local Government Management Board (LGMB)

1 Provisional.

2 Working no more than 30 hours per week.

3 Excludes Police, Magistrates Courts and Probation Service staff.

4 As at September 1992.

5 As at March 1993.

Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of senior grade employees of each district and county council in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is not collected centrally.

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