§ Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants there are in his Department employed (a) in Scotland and (b) outside Scotland; and how many in each category were born in Scotland.
§ Mr. YoungerThe number of Scottish Office staff in post (full-time equivalents) on 1 December 1985 comprised 9,849 based in Scotland and 31 outside Scotland. Information about place of birth would be disproportionately costly to obtain.