§ 98. Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will name the Departments which have decreased their number of industrial employees; and how many of these were established or non-established.
§ Mr. David HowellIn the period 1st July, 1970, to 1st October, 1971, the Departments which have reduced their industrial staff by more than 100 are the Department of the Environment, the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Royal Mint. These net decreases result from expansions and reductions in different parts of the Departments concerned, including in some cases inter-departmental transfers of responsibilities and staff. It is not possible from information available centrally to analyse these net decreases by status of the staff.