§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the number of posts for customs officers which are presently unoccupied; and at which ports these vacancies have yet to be filled.
§ Mr. HayhoeIt is not possible without disproportionate cost to identify the number of individual posts for Customs Officer that have yet to be filled. At 1 July the total number of staff in the Customs and Excise Department was about 200 below the staff in post ceiling of 25,595.