§ Mr. Montgomeryasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he expects to fulfil the Government's Civil Service establishment reduction targets before May 1984.
§ Mr. HayhoeYes. The size of the Civil Service is now at its lowest since 1966 and we are well over half way to achieving our planned reduction to a total of 630,000 by April 1984.
§ Mr. Montgomeryasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total size of the Civil Service was, including both manual and staff employees, on 1 June 1979, 1 June 1980, 1 June 1981 and 1 June 1982, giving the figures as full-time equivalents.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information is not available for these dates. However, Civil Service staff in post at 1 April for each of these years are given in the following table:
Total Civil Service strength (industrial and non-industrial) 1 April Staff in post (full-time equivalents)* 1979 732,300 1980 704,900 1981 689,600 1982 666,400 * Part-timers are counted as half units