Quarterly headcount statistics

My thanks to Cornwall Council for supplying this information, in response to my question prompted by the recruitment freeze announced in October.

September 31 2009: 21,047 employees

December 31 2009: 20,994 employees

Headline fall: 53

This is some way short of the "1,000 jobs per year" rate by which the council aims to shed workers as part of its target reduction of 500 - 600 posts. I don't read too much in to these figures. By June, though, we should see a clear trend.