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Written question asked by William Powell (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 February 1997. It was answered by Paul Beresford (Conservative) on Monday, 17 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question
How many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each year since 1992. - Table given of available figs.
Answer

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire (a) full time and (b) part time in each year since 1992. [15732] Sir Paul Beresford: The information is given in the table. The levels of employment in individual authorities are not directly comparable because of variations in population structure, social characteristics, hours worked by part-time staff, and the extent to which they use private firms and contractors or act as agents for other authorities. Numbers employed directly by local authorities in Northamptonshire: (excluding Law and Order) At June of each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Northamptons 8,911 10,262 7,640 9,707 {1}-- {1}-- 7,247 10,088 {1}-- {1}-- hire{2} Corby 613 133 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 527 130 505 114 Daventry 315 86 312 89 344 96 311 128 315 111 East 203 57 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Northamptons hire Kettering {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 365 190 363 235 Northamptons 1,518 151 1,429 255 1,396 180 1,351 299 1,343 311 hire South 342 43 336 74 334 63 294 109 267 53 Northampton Wellingborou 383 119 346 116 339 112 325 111 308 108 gh _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Joint Staffing Watch. 1996 figures are provisional. {1} Data not available. {2} In making comparisons between years it should be noted that staffing levels within county councils have been affected by (a) the removal of further education institutions from the local authority sector and (b) local authorities taking on responsibility for Community Care. Both these changes took place from April 1993.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15732; 290 c416-8W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Local government Staff Part-time employment Northamptonshire
Contains statistics
Yes