§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many civil servants were employed in her Department on 1st January 1973, 1st January 1974, and 1st January 1975; and how many of these were employed in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe number on 1st January 1975 was 293, of whom two were employed in Scotland, 289 in England, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. These figures do not include the staffs of the Metrication Board, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, the Office of Fair 'Trading and the Price Commission. On 1st April 1974, the first date on which information was collected following the creation of my Department on 5th March 1974, the number was 209, all of whom were employed in England.