Civil Servants (Wales)

HC Deb 23 October 1972 vol 843 cc198-9W

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants are employed in Wales.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

At 1st January, 1972, there were 19,865 non-industrial civil servants employed in Wales and Monmouthshire.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Minister for the Civil Service (1) how many new Civil Service jobs have been created in Wales since June, 1970;

(2) what steps he is taking to increase the number of Civil Service posts in Wales.

Mr, Kenneth Baker

Information is not available in precisely this form, but in the period April, 1970, to April, 1972, 1,230 jobs were created in Wales under the policies of dispersal and the setting up of new offices away from London wherever possible, and 8,500 more are to be set up there under existing plans over the next few years. In addition, Wales, along with other parts of the country, is being considered as a possible receiving area for work which may be dispersed from London as a result of the current location review. I can give no assurances at this stage as to where work might go.