HC Deb 12 December 1979 vol 975 cc625-7W
Mr. Wriggles worth

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many redundancies he expects will result from the implementation of his statement of 6 December on Civil Service cuts; and whether any of these will be compulsory.

Mr. Channon

The Government's aim is to secure the reductions in Civil Service manpower, which will take place over the next three years, by natural wastage as far as practicable.

Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give the number of persons who will now be made redundant in the various Civil Service departments, respectively, in Carlisle and Cumbria as a result of the measures

Cost (at 1979 survey prices) Staff numbers (approximate)
£ million Per cent. Per cent.
Ministry of Defence … … … … … … 41.0 3.0 7,500 3.2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office … … … 6.0 4.2 425 5.1
Overseas Development Agency … … … … 2.1 10.0 235 9.4
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 4.1 4.1 470 3.2
Department of Industry … … … … … 7.9 13.5 1,290 13.3
Department of Trade … … … … … 3.1 6.3 455 5.9
Office of Fair Trading … … … … … 0.3 15.0 70 21.5
Export Credits Guarantee Department … … … 0.8 7.1 145 7.1
Department of Energy … … … … … 1.0 10.2 145 10.7
Department of Employment … … … … 10.9 10.4 2,575 10.0
Manpower Service Commission … … … … 20.2 12.9 3,400 12.7
Health and Safety Executive … … … … 2.2 5.9 260 5.9
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service … … 1.0 12.7 100 11.4
Department of Transport … … … … … 13.1 17.7 2,480 17.1
Department of Environment and Ordnance Survey … 9.9 10.0 1,620 9.
Property Services Agency … … … … … 29.2 10.4 4,730 9.9
Home Office … … … … … … … 2.9 1.2 460 1.2
Lord Chancellor's Departments … … … … 1.9 2.1 450 2.5
Department of Education and Science … … … … 1.0 5.1 155 5.7
Department of Health and Social Security … … … … 8.3 1.8 1,705 1.7
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys … … … … 1.3 9.7 275 9.0
H.M. Treasury … … … … … … 0.4 4.7 40 3.3
Customs and Excise … … … … … … 2.3 1.4 465 1.5
Inland Revenue … … … … … … 19.0 4.8 5,515 6.5
Department of National Savings … … … … 4.4 10.0 1,070 10.0
Civil Service Department … … … … … 2.3 10.5 280 5.1

announced on 6 December; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Channon

The Government's aim is to secure the reductions in Civil Service manpower by natural wastage as far as practicable. These reductions will take place over the next three years and it is too early to say whether there will need to be any redundancies in particular areas of the country.

Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will tabulate the percentage savings, in numbers and in salary costs, respectively, in Civil Service employment for each Department following his statement of 6 December and the date by which they are to be achieved, together with the aggregate savings percentage in numbers and in salary costs.

Mr. Channon

The table below shows the percentage savings in Civil Service staff costs and numbers by Departments and in aggregate. Some £200 million of these savings or approximately 37,000 staff should be achieved by the financial year 1982–83 and almost all of the remainder by 1983–84.

Cost (at 1979 survey prices) Staff numbers (approximate)
£ million Per cent. Per cent.
Central Office of Information … … … … 0.8 10.0 140 10.4
H.M. Stationery Office … … … … 4.0 9.9 900 12.0
Scottish Office … … … … 3.9 5.8 690 5.5
Forestry Commission … … … … 1.5 3.5 240 2.9
Welsh Office … … … … 1.6 9.1 235 8.6
Northern Ireland Office … … … … 0.7 1.6 120 2.5
Other Departments … … … … 3.1 5.5 325 3.5
TOTAL … … … … 212.2 5.0 38,965 5.1

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