HC Deb 03 June 1980 vol 985 cc634-5W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Attorney-General if any of the 450 staff savings in the Lord Chancellor's Department announced on 6 December 1979 have yet been made; and, if not, when he expects them to be achieved and in what divisions, at what grades and in which geographical regions.

The Attorney-General

The numbers of posts saved so far in departments for which the Lord Chancellor is responsible are as follows:

(a) by division
Royal Courts of Justice 24
Land Registry 74
Public Trustee Office 7
105
(b) by grade
Administration Group 24
Secretarial Category 40
Messengers, Paperkeepers etc. 39
Legal Category 2
105
(c) by region
East Anglia 1
East Midlands 7
North 4
North-West 8
South-East 57
South-West 26
Wales 2
105

The remaining staff savings will be distributed as follows:

in 1980/81
Royal Courts of Justic 26
Public Trustee Office 18
in 1981/82
Crown Conrt 75
County Courts
Court of Protection
Official Solicitor's Department
Internal Audit Service

Land Registry 61
Public Record Office 39
Public Trustee Office 10
in 1982/83
Crown Court 25
County Courts
Internal Audit Service
Land Registry 61
Public Trustee Office 30

It is not yet possible to say precisely in what regions or at what grades these further savings will be achieved.

Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Attorney-General in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 211 posts by which the staff in post in his Department contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.

The Attorney-General

In the Lord Chancellor's Department a contraction of staff in post of 201 occurred between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 as set out below (by region):

North/Yorks and Humberside 22
East Midlands/West Midlands 17
East Anglia/South-East 75
South-West 22
North-West 37
Wales 28
201

This contraction of staff in post occurred mainly in clerical and bailiff grades in the county courts.

It is not possible at short notice to provide a more detailed breakdown of the grades and locations in which the contraction occurred.

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