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Joint Staffing Watch: June 2001
01/08/2002
The new Joint Staffing Watch survey, released jointly by the Scottish Executive and COSLA, gives a detailed description of the results of the June 2001 survey, with comparison with earlier periods.
It provides information on staffing levels in each council separately by grade of staff and service area.
The report figures published today show a year on year increase of 1,227 full-time equivalent staff working in Scottish local authorities, a 0.5 per cent increase between June 2000 and June 2001.
The June 2001 Joint Staffing Watch shows a total of 237,462 full-time equivalent staff, compared with the June 2000 figure of 236,235. This change includes an increase of 1,482 in the category of non-teaching education staff, which includes pre- and early school classroom assistants. There was also a decrease of 3,595 full-time equivalent staff working in Direct Labour and Direct Service Organisations, which was mainly due to transfers of staff to public/private partnerships and the reclassification of staff to other service groups included in the Joint Staffing Watch.
The Joint Staffing Watch survey began in 1996.
Joint Staffing Watch survey can be viewed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/jointstaffingwatch/
Please note:
- All figures above are shown to the nearest full-time equivalent. Therefore, figures may not sum to totals due to rounding.
- Changes in staff numbers may arise as a result of a local authority service being provided by staff who are no longer on the payroll of the authority.
ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE AND THE CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES.