§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local government employees there were in each year since 1997. [162674]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFigures for Great Britain, which are available in an article published in 'Economic Trends' (September 2003), show the following numbers of local government employees for the years between 1997 and 2002.
Number of local government employees (GB) 1997 2,593,000 1998 2,579,000 1999 2,704,000 2000 2,682,000 2001 2,735,000 2002 2,741,000