§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total numbers of staff serving in local offices of his Department for each month this year.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe numbers of staff in post in local offices on the first day of each month this year were as follows:
Permanent staff January 64,639 February 65,073 March 65,178 April 65,207 May 65,197 June 64,954 July 64,657 August 64,522 September 64,047 October 63,662 Casual staff January 1,939 February 2,063 March 1,984 April 1,741 May 1,475 June 1,512 July 1,511 August 1,625 September 1,470 October 1,237 These numbers include certain specialist staff who, although based on regional offices, are engaged on local office activities.