asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of persons employed in education in Wales for each of the years 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1981; and if he will break the figures down into the following categories (a) lecturers and teachers and (b) non-teaching staff.

The following information on numbers employed in education by local authorities is derived from the quarterly joint manpower watch survey which was first introduced in March 1975.

Numbers of Local Education Authority Employees
Full-time equivalents
	September 1975	September 1980	September 1981*
Lecturers and teachers	33,268	34,026	33,027
Non-teaching staff	24,421	22,394	21,686
* Provisional.

Matters relating to the numbers employed by universities are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.