§ Mr. John Townendasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if 631W he will give the number of civil servants in his Department on 1 January 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980; and what plans he has for reductions in numbers during 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. WhitelawI refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Scunthorpe (Mr. Brown) on 21 April. [Vol. 983, c. 6.] The number of staff in post in the Home Office at the beginning of each of the years in question was as follows:—
1975 … … … … 30,287 1976 … … … … 32,528 1977 … … … … 32,304 1978 … … … … 32,952 1979 … … … … 33,531 1980 … … … … 33,680