§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many full-time equivalent employees there are(a) in total and (b) per head of population in the service of each metropolitan district. [15483]
§ Mr. CurryThe information is given in the table.
The levels of employment in individual authorities are not directly comparable because of variations in population structure, social characteristics, hours worked by part-time staff, and the extent to which they use private firms and contractors or act as agents for other authorities.
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Joint staffing watch—whole time equivalents at June 1996 Metropolitan Districts Staff per Authority Whole time equivalents Thousand of population Barnsley 7,926 35.0 Birmingham 35,366 35.1 Bolton 1— 1— Bradford 16,347 33.9 Bury 5,306 29.1 Calderdale 5,587 28.9 Coventry 11,164 36.9 Doncaster 9,983 34.1 Dudley 8,860 28.4 Gateshead 8,131 40.2 Kirklees 12,119 31.3 Knowsley 5,389 35.0 Leeds 23,839 32.9 Liverpool 18,642 39.3 Manchester 19,877 46.1 Newcastle upon Tyne 11,519 40.6
Joint staffing watch—whole time equivalents at June 1996 Metropolitan Districts Staff per Authority Whole time equivalents Thousand of population North Tyneside 6,669 34.4 Oldham 7,578 34.4 Rochdale 6,835 33.0 Rotherham 8,699 33.9 Salford 9,452 41.0 Sandwell 10,309 35.1 Sefton 7,717 26.4 Sheffield 17,252 32.5 Solihull 5,391 26.7 South Tyneside 5,654 36.1 St. Helens 5,872 32.4 Stockport 7,703 26.4 Sunderland 10,977 36.9 Tameside| 7,021 31.7 Trafford 5,683 26.1 Wakefield 11,591 36.5 Walsall 8,611 32.6 Wigan 8,287 26.7 Wirral. 9,618 28.9 Wolverhampton 8,985 36.7 Total staff/Average staff per thousand population for metropolitan districts 369,959 33.9 Note: 1Data not available. Source:
Joint Staffing Watch, June 1966.
Figures are for staff in general services—that is, excluding law and order services.