§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 October. [1136]
§ Mr. HoramOn 1 October 1995 there were 506,300 permanent staff in post in central Government. This represents a decrease of 5 per cent. in the year since 1 October 1994. The number of casual staff fell by 1 per cent. over the year to 19,200.
Estimates have been made, and broken down by Department, for 1 October 1994 and placed with the 1 October 1995 figures in the Library.