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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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