§ Mr. Churchillasked the Minister for the Civil Service by how much the number of civil servants has increased or decreased in each Department since 1979.
§ Mr. HayhoeFigures are not available centrally for May 1979. The table below shows the staff in post at 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1981 in each Department by Ministerial responsibility and the changes in each case.
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Department Staff in Post (full-time equiva lent)* 1 April 1979 1 April 1981 Change +/- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 14,474 13,550 -924 Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments† 126,769 114,934 -11,835 Defence 247,660 229,565 -18,095 Education and Science 3,749 3,648 -101 Employment Group 53,605 53,797 +192 Energy 1,267 1,198 -69 Environment 56,039 47,025 -9,014 Foreign and Commonwealth 12,078 11,433 -645 Home 33,490 35,379 §+1,889 Industry 9,514 8,770 -744 Lord Chancellor's Departments 16,518 16,345 -173 Lord President's Departments 13,014 11,992 -1,022 Scottish Secretary's Department‡ 12,907 12,719 -188 Social Services 100,929 100,058 -871 Trade 9,621 9,289 -332 Transport 13,908 13,724 -184 Welsh Office 2,607 2,331 -276 Other departments 4,126 3,845 -281 Totals (rounded) 732,300 689,600 -42,700 Notes: * Part-time staff are counted as half units. † Excluding the Paymaster-General's Office and the Treasury Solicitor. These staff are included in the "Other departments" line. ‡ Departments included are: Scottish Office (including Royal Scottish Museum), General Register Office for Scotland, Scottish Record Office, Department of the Registers of Scotland, and Scottish Courts Administration. § Mainly due to improved recruitment of prison officers.