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JOINT STAFFING WATCH SURVEY : MARCH 1999

Table 3 : Changes in reported total full-time equivalent staff by local authority service

             

Percentage

 

Percentage

Service

March

June

September

December

March

Change

Change

Change

Change

 

1998

1998

1998

1998

1999

Dec 98 - Mar 99

Dec 98 - Mar 99

Mar 98 - Mar 99

Mar 98 - Mar 99

Corporate Services

3,933

3,818

3,805

3,775

3,675

-100

-2.6%

-258

-6.6%

Central Support Services

13,658

13,480

12,987

13,137

13,234

97

0.7%

-424

-3.1%

Planning and Economic Development

3,384

3,301

3,366

3,261

3,303

43

1.3%

-80

-2.4%

Education Teachers

53,302

53,303

52,932

53,878

54,012

134

0.2%

710

1.3%

Other staff

22,232

22,199

22,045

23,012

23,273

261

1.1%

1,042

4.7%

Social Work

37,479

36,919

36,454

34,738

34,738

0

0.0%

-2,741

-7.3%

Housing

8,345

8,497

8,587

8,603

8,612

9

0.1%

267

3.2%

Roads and Transport

5,212

5,366

5,349

5,387

5,226

-161

-3.0%

14

0.3%

Arts, Sport and Leisure

4,291

4,383

4,660

4,226

4,242

16

0.4%

-49

-1.1%

Libraries, Museums and Art Galleries

4,138

4,206

4,200

4,038

3,972

-66

-1.6%

-166

-4.0%

Trading Standards

687

702

708

723

708

-15

-2.0%

21

3.1%

Environmental Services

3,104

3,298

3,246

3,152

3,050

-102

-3.2%

-53

-1.7%

DLO/DSO

49,718

49,553

49,460

49,706

49,719

13

0.0%

1

0.0%

Police and related services

19,776

19,630

19,665

19,860

19,753

-107

-0.5%

-22

-0.1%

Fire services

5,696

5,686

5,720

5,713

5,705

-8

-0.1%

9

0.2%

Other staff

1,341

1,348

1,363

1,113

1,128

15

1.4%

-213

-15.9%

Total all staff

236,293

235,689

234,547

234,320

234,351

31

0.0%

-1,942

-0.8%

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