HC Deb 10 November 1980 vol 992 c42W
Dr. Ifor Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants were employed by his Department in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The information is as follows:

Number of permanent staff in post at 1 January
1970 773
1971 889
1972 926
1973 991
1974 1,065
1975 1,270
1976 1,491
1977 1,558
1978 1,521
1979 2,559
1980 2,531
The corresponding figure for 1 November 1980 is 2,376.