Table 1: Estimated number and full-time equivalent number of staff employed by Scottish local authorities in December 1998

Total number of staff

Full-time equivalent

Service Group

Total

Male

Female

Total

Salary band

Full-time

Part-time

Full-time

Part-time

A1

A2

B

C

Other

Corporate Services

4,076

1,454

64

2,092

466

3,775

115

176

899

2,495

90

Central Support Services

13,797

6,116

76

6,425

1,180

13,137

222

600

4,007

8,137

170

Planning and Economic Development

3,400

1,943

28

1,194

235

3,261

61

189

1,521

1,445

45

Education Teachers

60,134

13,528

1,458

34,747

10,401

(i)

53,878

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other staff

35,506

4,282

1,609

8,950

20,665

23,012

107

268

1,737

16,879

4,021

Social Work

47,489

5,618

1,404

15,143

25,324

34,738

87

191

6,622

16,952

10,886

Housing

9,185

4,029

110

3,994

1,052

8,603

33

109

953

5,694

1,814

Roads and Transport

7,098

3,449

909

872

1,868

5,387

54

165

1,447

2,324

1,397

Arts, Sport and Leisure

5,464

1,909

593

1,399

1,563

4,226

23

60

537

1,867

1,739

Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries

5,271

1,122

242

1,983

1,924

4,038

9

41

422

3,239

327

Trading Standards

745

401

3

296

45

723

13

40

252

418

0

Environmental Services

3,305

2,017

81

913

294

3,152

39

76

747

1,178

1,113

DLO/DSO

69,433

29,755

1,991

5,125

32,562

49,706

40

183

1,455

4,133

43,894

Police and related services

20,520

14,580

127

4,783

1,030

(i)

19,860

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Fire services

5,801

4,833

263

523

182

(i)

5,713

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other staff

1,250

580

30

390

251

1,113

3

22

127

492

470

Total all staff

292,474

95,616

8,988

88,829

99,042

234,320

154,869

805

2,119

20,725

65,252

Notes:- (i) Teachers, Police and Fire service staff have been excluded from the salary band analysis as they are not paid on the APT&C scale by which local authority staff are paid.