§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total number of architects and quantity surveyors, engineering staff and non-industrial civil servants, other than medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and nursing staff, respectively, employed by his Department on 18th June, 1970; and how many were so employed on 18th June, 1972.
§ Sir K. JosephThe nearest dates for which details of staff numbers are available are 1st July, 1970, and 1st April, 1972. On these dates staff employed in my Department were as follows:
1st July, 1970 1st April 1972 Architects 46 44 Quantity Surveyors 27 32 Engineers 64 72 Technical support staff: Architecture 13 11 Quantity surveying 8 14 Engineering 204 212 Other non-industrial staff excluding medical, dental, pharmaceutical and nursing staff 69,337 72,549