HC Deb 14 February 1995 vol 254 cc622-3W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the(a) population, (b) number of employees, (c) number of employees per 1,000 population and (d) political party in control of each local authority; and if he will post the answer on his Department's pages on the Government's world wide web server, "www.open.gov.uk".

Mr. Kynoch

The following table list for each Scottish local authority(a) its population as at June 1993, (b) its total number of employees-full time plus part time-and (c) the number of employees per thousand population as at September 1994. These are the most up-to-date figures available. The information relating to the political party in control of each local authority is as at May 1994. I have today placed the information requested in the Library of the House. No firm decision has yet been taken by the Scottish Office on the use of the Internet.

Local authority Population (thousands) Number of employees Number of employees per thousand population Political party in control
Grampian 528.1 23,516 44.5 1NOC
City of Aberdeen 218.1 3,212 14.7 Lab.
Banff and Buchan 88.0 1,077 12.2 Ind.
Gordon 79.7 511 6.4 Ind.
Kincardine and Deeside 56.0 376 6.7 1NOC
Moray 86.3 911 10.6 1NOC
Highland 206.9 10,938 52.9 Ind.
Badenoch and Stathspey 11.1 86 7.7 Ind.
Caithness 26.4 234 8.9 Ind.
Inverness 63.9 608 9.5 1NOC
Lochaber 19.4 201 10.4 Ind.
Nairn 10.9 104 9.6 Ind.
Ross and Cromarty 50.3 565 11.2 Ind.
Skye and Lochalsh 11.9 114 9.6 Ind.
Sutherland 13.2 136 10.3 Ind.
Lothian 753.9 33,136 44.0 Lab.
East Lothian 85.6 1,054 12,3 Lab.
City of Edinburgh 441.6 5,566 12.6 1NOC
Midlothian 79.9 840 10.5 Lab.
West Lothian 146.7 1,456 9.9 1NOC
Strathclyde 2,286.8 104,208 45.6 Lab.
Argyll and Bute 63.3 840 13.3 Ind.
Bearsden and Milngavie 41.1 363 8.8 1NOC
Clydebank 46.6 592 12.7 Lab.
Clydesdale 58.3 711 12.2 1NOC
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 63.9 652 10.2 Lab.
Cumnock and Doon Valley 42.8 640 14.9 Lab.
Cunninghame 139.0 1,721 12.4 Lab.
Dumbarton 78.5 1,110 14.1 Lab.
East Kilbride 85.4 777 9.1 Lab.
Eastwood 60.9 323 5.3 Con.
City of Glasgow 681.5 12,945 19.0 Lab.
Hamilton 107.5 1,276 11.9 Lab.
Inverclyde 90.0 1,390 15.4 Lab.
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 81.0 1,032 12.7 1NOC
Kyle and Carrick 114.0 1,504 13.2 Con.
Monksland 102.6 1,518 14.8 Lab.
Motherwell 143.7 2,062 14.3 Lab.
Renfrew 201.2 2,686 13.4 Lab.
Strathkelvin 85.7 928 10.8 Lab.
Tayside 395.2 18,763 47.5 1NOC
Angus 97.4 965 9.9 SNP
City of Dundee 170.1 3,160 18.6 Lab.
Perth and Kinross 127.7 1,170 9.2 Con.
Orkney Islands 19.8 1,816 91.9 Ind.
Shetland Islands 22.8 2,745 120.2 Ind.
Western Isles 29.4 2,256 76.7 Ind.
1 No party in overall control.