§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the number of dictating
DICTATING MACHINES ISSUED (FEBRUARY, 1966)—SHORTHAND AND AUDIO TYPISTS IN DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYING 10 OR MORE OF THESE GRADES (OCTOBER, 1965) Department Dictating Machines Issued Audio Typists Shorthand Typists Agriculture, Fisheries and Food* … … … 478 39 578 Aviation … … … 781 18 307 British Museum … … … 2 — 10 Cabinet Offices … … … 7 1 12 County Courts … … … 12 — 17 Customs and Excise … … … 193 2 16 Defence (Central) … … … 125 7 50 Defence (Air) … … … 302 54 512 Defence (Army) … … … 517 44 787 Defence (Navy) … … … 766 36 336 Diplomatic Service … … … 524 12 302 Economic Affairs … … … 91 6 12 Education and Science … … … 339 8 68 Export Credits Guarantee … … … 34 3 20 Health … … … 164 — 55 Home Office* … … … 176 1 175 Housing and Local Government … … … 203 19 31 Information, Central Office of … … … 59 3 27 Inland Revenue … … … 2,000 215 2,869 Labour … … … 453 92 424 National Assistance Board … … … 85 10 21 National Savings Committee … … … 6 2 84 Overseas Development … … … 93 2 19 Pensions and National Insurance … … … 349 29 437 Post Office … … … 402 17 428 Power … … … 38 — 49 Public Building and Works … … … 445 37 174 Public Trustee … … … 67 5 10 Supreme Court … … … 74 12 37 Supreme Court (N. Ireland) … … … 2 — 13 Technology … … … 143 9 65 Trade … … … 706 53 170 Transport … … … 365 21 88 Treasury … … … 400 48 35 Agriculture for Scotland … … … 37 — 99 Procurator Fiscal Service … … … 11 — 74 Scottish Development Department* … … … 69 7 25 Scottish Education Department … … … 50 6 25 Scottish Home and Health Department … … … 119 15 68 All other Departments … … … 196 32 155 Totals … … … 10,883 865 8,684 Notes:
- 1. There are centralised tele-dictation installations in the Departments marked with an asterisk.
- 2. The number of dictating machines include machines held in reserve by Departments.
- 3. The grade of audio typist was introduced last year and numbers are still growing.