§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff worked in Central Services for Shropshire County Council in each year since 1997. [132292]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
The number of staff working in Central Services for Shropshire County Council in each year since 1997 is tabled:
Year Central Service 1997 1— 1998 1— 1999 412 2000 414 2001 418 2002 403 2003 415 1 Comparable figures for 1997/98 are not readily available. Significant changes arose at that time because of Local Government re-organisation, when some 35 percentage of the Council's staffing transferred to Telford & Wrekin Council.