§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the total number of civil servants employed by his Department full time and part time, respectively, at the last convenient date; and what increases or decreases these figures represent on the comparable figures for October 1964 and August 1965.
§ Mrs. WhiteOn 1st July, 1966, there were 738 civil servants employed full-time and 12 employed part-time, in the Foreign Office. The formation on the 1st January, 1965, of a joint Administration22W Office for the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office makes any direct comparison with the figure for October 1964 impossible; but the total number of staff now employed by the Diplomatic Service in London is 72 fewer than it was in October 1964. Since August 1965, there has been an increase of 30 in the staff of the Foreign Office itself, due to transfer from other Departments.