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TABLE 2 : Recent trends in local authority staffing: Full-time equivalent staff numbers by service and source. |
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Joint Staffing Watch (i) |
Annual Staffing Surveys (x) |
New Joint Staffing Watch (i) |
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December |
December |
December |
December |
December |
December |
March |
June |
September |
December |
March |
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1994 |
1995 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 (ii) |
1997 (xi) |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Services continuing to be provided directly by authorities. |
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(iii) |
Corporate services |
3714 |
3930 |
3977 |
3866 |
3933 |
3818 |
3805 |
3775 |
3675 |
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Central support services |
15626 |
15604 |
13676 |
13436 |
13658 |
13480 |
12987 |
13137 |
13234 |
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| Planning and economic development |
2608 |
2570 |
3246 |
3160 |
3363 |
3286 |
3384 |
3301 |
3366 |
3261 |
3303 |
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| Education - Teachers |
53654 |
53258 |
57349 |
56152 |
53608 |
52565 |
53302 |
53303 |
52932 |
53878 |
54012 |
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- Other education staff |
24480 |
25144 |
22344 |
22553 |
22658 |
22691 |
22232 |
22199 |
22045 |
23012 |
23273 |
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Social Work (v) |
38587 |
38299 |
38675 |
38863 |
39432 |
37241 |
37479 |
36919 |
36454 |
34738 |
34738 |
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Housing |
7829 |
8032 |
8213 |
8396 |
8482 |
8358 |
8345 |
8497 |
8587 |
8603 |
8612 |
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(iii) |
Roads & transport |
6058 |
6492 |
5139 |
5110 |
5212 |
5366 |
5349 |
5387 |
5226 |
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Arts, sport & leisure |
4467 |
4568 |
4895 |
4575 |
4291 |
4383 |
4660 |
4226 |
4242 |
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Libraries, museums and galleries. |
4569 |
4701 |
4070 |
4104 |
4291 |
4024 |
4138 |
4206 |
4200 |
4038 |
3972 |
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Trading standards |
621 |
605 |
779 |
801 |
752 |
738 |
687 |
702 |
708 |
723 |
708 |
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(iii) |
Environmental services (vi) |
4054 |
3817 |
3359 |
2869 |
3104 |
3298 |
3246 |
3152 |
3050 |
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DLOs/ DSOs |
51597 |
53165 |
50678 |
50290 |
49718 |
49553 |
49460 |
49706 |
49719 |
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Other (including non-comparable services from the pre-reorganisation JSW) |
89890 |
89953 |
1068 |
838 |
1406 |
1294 |
1341 |
1348 |
1363 |
1113 |
1128 |
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Services provided by joint boards following reorganisation |
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Police and related services (viii) |
19480 |
19266 |
18712 |
19720 |
19392 |
19989 |
19776 |
19630 |
19665 |
19860 |
19753 |
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Fire services (iv) |
5264 |
5264 |
5794 |
7554 |
5423 |
5405 |
5696 |
5686 |
5720 |
5713 |
5705 |
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Services no longer provided by authorities following reorganisation |
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Water |
5137 |
5066 |
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Sewerage (ix) |
1604 |
1529 |
6559 |
6699 |
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Other transferred services (vii) |
340 |
340 |
349 |
340 |
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Total all staff employed |
254063 |
254027 |
252674 |
256755 |
240531 |
235737 |
236293 |
235689 |
234547 |
234320 |
234351 |
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Total excluding transferred services |
246982 |
247092 |
245766 |
249716 |
240531 |
235737 |
236293 |
235689 |
234547 |
234320 |
234351 |
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Notes:- |
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(i) |
In the pre-reorganisation Joint Staffing Watch, full-time equivalent (fte) estimates for part-timers were based on set conversion factors. In the December surveys and the new JSW, fte estimates are based on actual hours worked. |
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(ii) |
The data for the December 1996 New Joint Staffing Watch comes from the data collected in the December 1996 Annual Local Authority Staffing Survey. |
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(iii) |
The coverage of these services differs in the pre-reorganisation Joint Staffing Watch because of the different treatment of staff in Direct Labour and Direct Service organisations. |
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In the pre-reorganisation JSW survey DLO/DSO staff were included with the service they supported. In the December staffing surveys and the new JSW they are a separately identified grouping. |
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(iv) |
The December 1995 annual staffing survey figures included retained firefighters for a number of authorities, and are not comparable with the JSW figures, or with the December 1994 survey figures. |
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(v) |
Excludes an estimated 275 fte staff transferring with the Childrens Reporters Service. |
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(vi) |
Excludes an estimated 65 fte staff transferring from local authorities following the creation of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. |
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(vii) |
Estimated number of staff transferring from local authorities to the Childrens Reporters Service, and the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. |
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(viii) |
In the pre-reorganisation JSW these figures include school crossing patrol staff. The new JSW and the December Staffing Surveys include school crossing patrol staff with Roads & Transport. |
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(ix) |
Water & Sewerage were grouped together as one service category in the December 1994 and 1995 Annual Staffing Surveys. |
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(x) |
The December 1994 and 1995 Annual Staffing Surveys significantly overestimate the fte number of teachers. |
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(xi) |
The data for the December 1997 New Joint Staffing Watch comes from the data collected in the December 1997 Annual Local Authority Staffing Survey. |
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