§ Mr. Amessasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many people have been recruited into the Home Civil Service in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. LuceThe information is as follows:
Home Civil Service: Non-industrial staff Year Numbers of entrants 1977 57,354 1978 64,684 1979 48,623 1980 48,620 1981 32,390 1982 30,997 1983 30,658 1984 40,928 1985 46,964 1986 148,561 1 Provisional. Source: Civil Service Statistics (annual publication).