HC Deb 24 July 1972 vol 841 cc223-4W
Mr. Body

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the number of non-industrial civil servants employed in the Planning Branch and Planning Divisions, including the Planning Statistics Division, the Special Services Branch, Information and Library Department, Further Education Branches,

Branch Number of staff on 1st July, 1970 Number of staff on 1st April, 1972
Special Education … … … … … … … 33 31
Further Education … … … … … … … 78 81
Schools … … … … … … … … … 128 (1) 130
Architects and Building … … … … … … 144 (1) 151
Legal … … … … … … … … … 51 53
Teacher Training, Salaries and Qualifications … … … 184 179
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools (England and Wales) … 531 (8) 496 (5)
Universities … … … … … … … … 72 76(1)
Finance … … … … … … … … … 96 (1) 115
Pensions … … … … … … … … … 216 191
Medical … … … … … … … … … 20 21
Totals … … … … … … … 1,553 1,524

The following branches were affected by changes in the organisation of work between the two dates:—

Branch Staff on 1st July, 1970 Branch Staff on 1st April 1972
Planning (including Planning Statistics and ADP) … … … … 421 Planning and programmes … … 17
Libraries and Information Systems … 74 Statistics (including ADP) … … 383 (18)
Arts, Information and External Relations … … … … … 106 Arts and Libraries … … … 42 (1)
External Relations and General … 110
Science … … … … … 52 (1) Science … … … … … 61
Establishments and Organisation … 301 (1) Establishments and Organisation … 296(1)
Total … … … … 954 Total … … … … 909
Notes:
1 Figures in brackets relate to part-time staff who are included in the total.
2 Staff in the Department's Information Division and Library are included in Arts, Information and External Relations Branch and External Relations and General Branch respectively.

Schools Branch, Architects and Building Branch, Legal Branch, Science Branch, Libraries and Information Systems Branch, Teachers Training, Salaries and Qualifications Branches, H.M. Inspectorate of Schools in England and Wales, Universities Branch, Establishments and Organisation Branch, Finance Branch and Pensions Branch, respectively, of her Department on 18th June, 1970; and how many were so employed on 18th June, 1972;

(2) what was the number of non-industrial civil servants employed in the Planning and Programmes Branch, the Medical Branch, the Arts and Libraries Branch and the External Relations Branch, respectively, of her Department on 18th June, 1972; whether each branch existed on 18th June, 1970; and if so how many were employed in them on that day.

Mrs. Thatcher

Details of reduced stall numbers on 1st April, 1972, compared with 1st July, 1970, being the nearest dates for which information is readily available, are given below. Changes in the organisation of the Department's work affected some branches during this period and direct comparison is not always possible.