§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many(a) men and (b) women applied for career breaks in his Department or its agencies: and how many have had their employment terminated in the last five years.
Mr. Robert G. HughesFor the departments and agencies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, and other areas which fall to the Cabinet Office vote, the information is as follows:
Publication Total cost £ Review of UK Culture Collections 4,485 Review of Fast Stream Recruitment 7,200 Responsibilities for Recruitment to the Civil Service 2,100 "The Facts You Need to Know"—Booklet for Prospective Executive Officer Candidates 3,500 Racial Equality in the Civil Service 1,500 Top Management Programme Brochure 800 Citizen's Charter Second Report 1994 (inclusive of audio, braille and large print versions) 408,000 Complaints Task Force (CTF) Interim Report 6,882 CTF Leaflet 652 CTF Effective Complaints Systems: Principles and Checklist 2,083 CTF Discussion Papers 22,082 CTF Literature Review 12,161 Open Government Code of Practice and Explanatory Leaflet 18,522 Total 615,650 Two minor pamphlets were also issued where production and distribution was 60 copies or less and the total cost negligible.
The Department did not exist in its current form in 1980 and therefore no comparable information for that year is available.