HC Deb 18 October 1976 vol 917 cc274-5W
Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether, in view of the fact that his Department employs more than twice as many civil servants as the DHSS and three times as many as the Inland Revenue, he will take steps to transfer any staff surplus to his Department's requirements to these and other short-staffed departments.

Mr. Wellbeloved

Procedures already exist for the transfer of surplus staff to other Departments where there are suitable vacancies.