HC Deb 20 July 1987 vol 120 c18W
Mr. Amess

asked 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. Luce

The 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).