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JOINT STAFFING WATCH SURVEY: SEPTEMBER 2003
Table 2: Recent trends in local authority staffing: Full-time equivalent staff numbers by service (i)
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
December | December | December | December | December | December | March | June | September | December | March | June | September |
Services provided directly by authorities: |
Corporate Services | 3,976 | 3,871 | 3,780 | 3,611 | 3,600 | 3,905 | 3,923 | 3,908 | 3,924 | 4,120 | 4,170 | 4,166 | 4,242 |
Central Support Services | 13,727 | 13,473 | 13,177 | 13,727 | 13,767 | 13,658 | 13,794 | 13,940 | 13,982 | 13,994 | 14,141 | 14,430 | 14,660 |
Planning & Economic Development | 3,382 | 3,298 | 3,267 | 3,409 | 3,309 | 3,369 | 3,403 | 3,451 | 3,491 | 3,488 | 3,509 | 3,528 | 3,531 |
Education - Teachers | 53,694 | 52,644 | 53,903 | 54,051 | 54,304 | 54,007 | 54,318 | 54,045 | 54,243 | 54,668 | 55,084 | 54,607 | 54,394 |
- Other education staff | 22,622 | 22,629 | 22,909 | 24,770 | 26,073 | 28,545 | 29,182 | 28,941 | 28,765 | 29,622 | 30,311 | 30,677 | 30,744 |
Social Work | 39,481 | 37,326 | 34,785 | 36,470 | 36,385 | 37,627 | 37,858 | 38,171 | 39,036 | 39,669 | 40,686 | 41,377 | 41,846 |
Housing | 8,529 | 8,407 | 8,630 | 8,605 | 8,756 | 9,216 | 9,318 | 9,452 | 9,563 | 9,581 | 7,435 | 7,437 | 7,558 |
Roads and Transport | 5,178 | 5,149 | 5,413 | 5,225 | 5,120 | 5,253 | 5,237 | 5,221 | 5,385 | 5,392 | 5,471 | 5,611 | 5,615 |
Arts, Sport and Leisure | 4,952 | 4,630 | 4,272 | 4,822 | 4,824 | 4,493 | 4,246 | 4,433 | 4,435 | 4,391 | 4,492 | 4,738 | 4,759 |
Libraries, Museums and Galleries | 4,306 | 4,036 | 4,049 | 4,015 | 3,951 | 4,094 | 4,128 | 4,178 | 4,231 | 4,123 | 4,081 | 4,130 | 4,215 |
Trading Standards | 752 | 738 | 724 | 701 | 715 | 723 | 729 | 720 | 726 | 729 | 746 | 718 | 724 |
Environmental Services | 3,370 | 2,880 | 3,165 | 3,121 | 2,951 | 4,106 | 4,111 | 4,044 | 3,030 | 3,049 | 3,010 | 3,062 | 3,084 |
DLO/ DSO | 50,727 | 50,383 | 49,753 | 47,479 | 45,638 | 43,597 | 43,628 | 44,658 | 45,344 | 43,975 | 43,954 | 44,907 | 44,896 |
Other | 1,403 | 1,294 | 1,112 | 1,355 | 1,449 | 1,446 | 1,446 | 1,358 | 1,495 | 1,439 | 1,494 | 1,400 | 1,393 |
Services provided by joint boards: |
Police and Related Services | 19,392 | 19,989 | 19,860 | 19,628 | 19,670 | 20,086 | 20,320 | 20,359 | 20,463 | 20,551 | 20,790 | 20,995 | 21,039 |
Fire Services (ii) | 5,423 | 5,405 | 5,466 | 5,495 | 5,525 | 5,534 | 5,393 | 5,407 | 5,404 | 5,446 | 5,437 | 5,460 | 5,481 |
Total all staff employed | 240,916 | 236,152 | 234,262 | 236,485 | 236,035 | 239,659 | 241,033 | 242,288 | 243,518 | 244,237 | 244,811 | 247,243 | 248,181 |
Notes:
(i) Figures have not been seasonally adjusted.
(ii) Figures for Fire Service staff exclude volunteer and retained firefighters.
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