Table 1: Estimated number and full-time equivalent number of staff employed by Scottish local authorities in March 1999

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

3,988

1,398

70

2,033

487

3,675

115

188

873

2,408

92

Central Support Services

13,916

6,174

80

6,454

1,208

13,234

218

616

4,049

8,182

168

Planning and Economic Development

3,451

1,913

27

1,253

258

3,303

60

197

1,574

1,435

36

Education Teachers

60,182

13,524

1,456

34,822

10,380

(i)

54,012

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other staff

36,267

4,296

1,669

9,129

21,173

23,273

107

263

1,840

17,118

3,945

Social Work

47,524

5,660

1,464

15,324

25,076

34,738

87

190

6,511

17,227

10,723

Housing

9,197

3,990

102

4,032

1,073

8,612

36

116

938

5,733

1,789

Roads and Transport

6,846

3,305

875

858

1,808

5,226

53

172

1,419

2,305

1,278

Arts, Sport and Leisure

5,780

1,943

694

1,461

1,682

4,242

22

64

571

2,005

1,581

Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries

5,196

1,103

236

1,956

1,901

3,972

8

37

410

3,232

286

Trading Standards

730

391

4

285

50

708

13

38

251

407

0

Environmental Services

3,218

1,920

76

927

295

3,050

37

73

754

1,146

1,040

DLO/DSO

70,101

29,817

2,094

5,252

32,938

49,719

41

189

1,503

4,331

43,654

Police and related services

20,430

14,413

134

4,838

1,045

(i)

19,753

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Fire services

5,803

4,840

255

515

193

(i)

5,705

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Other staff

1,258

616

11

395

236

1,128

3

22

117

489

497

Total all staff

293,887

95,303

9,247

89,534

99,803

234,351

154,881

799

2,162

20,810

66,020

65,090

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.