HC Deb 11 May 1994 vol 243 c170W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 Greater Manchester district councils in order of their full-time equivalent number of employees per thousand of population.

Mr. Baldry

The available information is given in the table.

Number of employees per thousand of population in Greater Manchester at December 1993
Authority Total staff(FT + PT) Total staff per thousand of population
Manchester 27,780 63.9
Salford 11,529 50.1
Bolton 12,570 47.6
Oldham 10,464 47.5
Tameside 9,313 42.1
Bury 6,900 38.2
Stockport 10,889 37.7
Trafford 7,338 34.0
Wigan 10,028 32.1
Rochdale n/a n/a

Notes:

1. Full-time equivalent information at individual authority level is not held centrally.

2. Excludes law and order services.

Sources: Joint Staffing Watch for England: December 1993 survey.

OPCS mid-year population estimates for 1992.