§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what improvements in efficiency he plans to make to reduce manpower; and if he will list the miscellaneous savings he intends to make, and in which areas.
§ Mr. WhitelawImproved efficiency—for example, through changes in working methods, and through mechanisation and the use of computers—is a continuing process applicable to the whole of my 727W Department, from which I expect further useful savings over the next two years. I have not yet reached firm conclusions on the miscellaneous savings to be made as part of the longer-term reductions in the size of the Civil Service.