To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out a table showing for each year since 1979 (a) the full-time, (b) the part-time and (c) the total staffing levels of local authorities in England and Wales.
The information for England is listed in the table. For information on local authority staffing levels in Wales, I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
| Staffing levels of local authorities in England at June | |||
| Full-time | Part-time | Total | |
| 1979 | 1,626,362 | 886,231 | 2,512,593 |
| 1980 | 1,609,073 | 865,827 | 2,474,900 |
| 1981 | 1,577,866 | 843,090 | 2,420,956 |
| 1982 | 1,551,960 | 840,891 | 2,392,851 |
| 1983 | 1,553,663 | 851,785 | 2,405,448 |
| 1984 | 1,551,240 | 858,321 | 2,409,561 |
| 1985 | 1,545,469 | 873,824 | 2,419,293 |
| 1986 | 1,544,874 | 903,835 | 2,448,709 |
| 1987 | 1,549,917 | 940,601 | 2,490,518 |
| 1988 | 1,548,059 | 966,271 | 2,514,330 |
| 1989 | 1,506,175 | 947,471 | 2,453,646 |
Source: The Joint Staffing Watch for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the totals of staff in post, expressed as full-time equivalents, in each of the past five years to the latest date for which figures are available for Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Hereford and Worcestershire, Kent, Essex, Lincolnshire and Norfolk; and how many there were in each case per head of the population on the latest census estimates.
Information on full-time equivalents at individual authority level is not collected centrally, but local authorities are required to make this information available locally.