§ Mr. Butcherasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees left his Department, for whatever reason, in 1977–78 and 1978–79.
§ Mr. MayhewThe number of employees who left my Department between 1 April 1977 and 31 March 1978 was 3,539, and for the same period in 1978–79 was 4,252.
These figures do not include those recruited locally for short periods or industrial staff for whom details are not held centrally.