§ 87. Mr. Onslowasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the 31W number of hours of overtime that were worked by staffs of individual Departments in 1964 and 1968, respectively.
OVERTIME—NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS 1964–65 1968–69 (estimated) Non-Industrial Industrial Non-Industrial Industrial Agriculture … … 144,800 102,300 192,600 132,500 County Courts … … 2,500 Nil 5,500 Nil Customs and Excise … … 3,065,500 Nil 3,444,900 Nil Education and Science … … N.A. N.A. 31,000 N.A. Health and Social Security … … 1,550,000 34,000 1,700,000 45,500 Housing and Local Government … … N.A. N.A. 117,000 N.A. Inland Revenue … … 440,000 Nil 1,900,000 Nil Overseas Development … … 19,100 2,800 16,900 5,300 Public Building and Works … … 564,900 N.A. 510,000 7,960,000 Stationery Office … … 145,000 258,000 164,000 404,000 Trade … … 38,800 509,800 69,000 200,700 Agriculture (Scotland) … … N.A. N.A. 67,300 189,300 Scottish Home and Health … … N.A. N.A. 472,000 56,800 N.A. = Not available.