§ Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the numbers of civil servants in his Department at a convenient date in each year from 1974.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is as follows:
Total permanent staff in post non-industrial and industrial 1 January Numbers 1974 80,940 1975 86,706 1976 91,563 1977 94,495 1978 96,900 1979 97,642 1980 95,392 1981 98,297 1982 96,849 1983 94,686 1984 90,263