§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many established posts there were in the Civil Service for executive officers at 1 January; and how this compares with the figures at 1 January 1981.
§ Mr. HayhoeThere were 44, 900 executive officers in post on 1 October 1981, the latest date for which reliable figures are available centrally. This commpares with 46, 000 EOs in post on 1 October 1980.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many executive officers left the Civil Service during 1981 by virtue of (a) retirement at normal retiring age, (b) early retirement, (c) redundancy, (d) transfer to other work and (e) dismissal.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe number of leavers from the executive officer grade in the year ending 30 September 1981 were as follows:
Cause of leaving Numbers Voluntary resignation 1, 190 Age retirement 1, 050 Early retirement—voluntary 80 Early retirement—other 210 Redundancy — Dismissal 10 Other reasons 110 Total 2, 650