§ Mr. Eggarasked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will list in tabular form the number of compulsory redundancies that have occurred in each Department of State since 1 April 1979; and if she will express these numbers as a percentage of (a) total reductions achieved and (b) the strength as at April 1979.
§ Mr. HayhoeFigures for staff in the industrial grades in the Civil Service are not held centrally. The figures for premature retirements on grounds of redundancy in the non-industrial grades are given in the following table:
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Redundancies as a percentage of Department† Redundancies Total net change‡ in staff Staff in post at 1 April 1979 percent percent Industry 7 0.7 0.1 Lord Chancellor's Departments 12 5.1 0.1 Scotland¶ 10 2.7 0.1 Social Services 12 0.8 — Trade 9 1.3 0.1 Transport 5 0.7 0.1 Wales● 5 1.5 0.2 Other Departments 43 12.6 0.2 TOTAL 1,041 3.1 0.2 * Part time staff are counted as whole units. "—" means less than 0.1 per cent. † The analysis of departments is based on Ministerial responsibilities. ‡ Total net change in staff is between those in post at 1 January 1982 and at 1 April 1979. There were net increases in numbers in Employment and Home Office. ║ Includes MPO and those Departments which were previously the responsibility of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the purposes of comparison. ¶ Departments of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Lord Advocate. ● Welsh Office.