§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of non-industrial civil servants employed in those departments that now comprise the Department of Trade and Industry in the Research Establishments of the Ministry of Technology, the Civil Aviation Divisions of the Board of Trade, the Ministry of Technology in total and the Board of Trade in total, respectively, on 18th June, 1970; and how many were so employed in his Department on 18th June, 1972.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe nearest convenient dates for which the information is available are 1st July, 1970, and 1st April, 1972, when the position was: Non-industrial staff in post on 1st July, 1970, in departments now part of the Department of Trade and Industry:
Total Ministry of Technology 8,493 of which Industrial Research Establishments comprised 3,675 Total Board of Trade 16,547 of which Civil Aviation Divisions comprised 6,431 Total Department of Employment and Productivity 67 Non-industrial staff in post on 1st April, 1972: Total Department of Trade and Industry 17,758 of which Industrial Research Establishments comprised 2,775 and Civil Aviation Divisions comprised 173 The figures for 1st April, 1972, exclude 718 non-industrial staff in Research Establishments which have been transferred away from the Department of Trade and Industry, 6,780 staff who were seconded to the Civil Aviation Authority on 1st April, 1972, and a net reduction of 10 other staff as a result of transfers to and from other Government Departments.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why there is to be an increase in the 132W number of staff at the Department of Trade and Industry from 5,218 in 1971–72 to 6,725 in 1972–73 as shown in the Revised Estimates, Command Paper No. 313.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe staff referred to are those seconded to the Civil Aviation Authority. The 1972–73 figures overstate the increase because they include staff who appeared elsewhere in the 1971–72 Estimates. The actual increase is 243.