§ Mr. Peter Morrisonasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants were employed in the North-West Economic Planning Region in each of the years since 1970.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe estimated numbers of non-industrial civil servants employed in the North-West Economic Planning Region, at 1st January of each of the years since 1970, are given in the table below. Part-time staff are included as half units, and for consistency the staff of the Manpower Services Commission have been included throughout.
1st January 1970 43,100 1971 43,600 1972 43,900 1973 45,800 1974 47,900 1975 50,000 1976 53,900 1977 55,700 1978 56,800 Comparable information for industrial civil servants is available centrally only for the years shown below; information 592W for the other years could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.
1st January 1974 10,300 1977 11,000 1978 10,800