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JOINT STAFFING WATCH SURVEY: SEPTEMBER 2003
Table 1: Estimated number and full-time equivalent number of staff employed by Scottish local authorities: September 2003
Service Group | Total number of staff | | Full-time equivalent |
Total | Male | Female | Total | Salary band (i) |
Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | A1 | A2 | B | C | Other |
Corporate Services | 4,665 | 1,546 | 94 | 2,274 | 751 | 4,242 | 121 | 236 | 1,100 | 2,687 | 98 |
Central Support Services | 15,644 | 6,225 | 151 | 7,333 | 1,935 | 14,660 | 238 | 665 | 4,385 | 9,221 | 151 |
Planning and Economic Development | 3,739 | 1,918 | 74 | 1,384 | 363 | 3,531 | 63 | 208 | 1,770 | 1,435 | 55 |
Education - Teachers | 59,445 | 13,229 | 1,275 | 34,905 | 10,036 | (ii) | 54,394 | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a |
- Other Education Staff | 45,403 | 4,367 | 1,559 | 10,216 | 29,261 | | 30,744 | 128 | 348 | 2,231 | 24,762 | 3,275 |
Social Work | 54,356 | 6,229 | 1,892 | 18,069 | 28,166 | 41,846 | 91 | 288 | 7,683 | 24,157 | 9,627 |
Housing | 8,188 | 3,144 | 132 | 3,775 | 1,137 | 7,558 | 44 | 115 | 1,149 | 5,346 | 904 |
Roads and Transport | 7,338 | 3,424 | 1,122 | 1,077 | 1,715 | 5,615 | 46 | 184 | 1,540 | 2,459 | 1,388 |
Arts, Sport and Leisure | 6,659 | 1,849 | 1,177 | 1,358 | 2,275 | 4,759 | 26 | 60 | 609 | 2,118 | 1,945 |
Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries | 5,558 | 1,077 | 331 | 2,037 | 2,113 | 4,215 | 15 | 42 | 537 | 3,357 | 264 |
Trading Standards | 766 | 388 | 6 | 295 | 77 | 724 | 13 | 37 | 277 | 397 | 0 |
Environmental Services | 3,330 | 1,908 | 138 | 939 | 345 | 3,084 | 29 | 84 | 879 | 1,184 | 909 |
DLO/DSO | 62,537 | 27,137 | 2,737 | 4,276 | 28,387 | 44,896 | 59 | 163 | 1,458 | 4,694 | 38,523 |
Police and Related Services | 21,731 | 14,581 | 87 | 5,803 | 1,260 | (ii) | 21,039 | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a |
Fire Services | 5,620 | 4,855 | 20 | 549 | 196 | (ii) (iii) | 5,481 | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a |
Other staff | 1,594 | 887 | 45 | 346 | 316 | | 1,393 | 5 | 22 | 135 | 448 | 784 |
Total all staff | 306,572 | 92,763 | 10,840 | 94,636 | 108,333 | 248,181 | |
| Full-time equivalent for all staff excluding Teachers, Police and Fire Service staff:- | 167,267 | 876 | 2,448 | 23,753 | 82,265 | 57,925 |
Notes:
(i) For information on the definition of salary bands see paragraphs t.7-t.8 in the technical notes.
(ii) Teachers, Police and Fire Service staff have been excluded from the salary band analysis as they are not paid on the local government pay scale.
(iii) Figures for Fire Service staff exclude volunteer and retained firefighters.
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