asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for 31 March of each of the years 1974 to 1984 together with the latest figures the number of local authority employees in Scotland, analysed by part-time/full-time within sex, covered by each of the items (i) to (v) in part III of his consultation document "Competition in the Provision of Local Authority Services"; and if he will reconcile these numbers with the published Joint Manpower Watch.

The detailed information requested is not held centrally.