§ Mr. Batisteasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants are employed in his Department; and what is its budgeted expenditure for the current year.
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§ Mr. RifkindAt 1 July 1987, 6,618 staff were employed in the Scottish Office, 3,238 in the Scottish prisons service and a total of 2,144½ in the four minor Departments for which I am responsible (Scottish Record Office, General Register Office (Scotland), Department of the Registers of Scotland and the Scottish Courts Administration); the respective running cost limits for 1987–88 are £110.961 million, £61.101 million and £37.040 million.