§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe figures requested are as follows:
Year Number 1979 804 1980 819 1981 763 1982 636 1983 827 TOTAL 3,849 Over the same period, staff departures for reasons of retirement, resignation, transfer etc. led to an overal net reduction of staff in post of 843.