Staff-in-Post (Analysis) (Hansard, 20 February 1973)

HC Deb 20 February 1973 vol 851 cc60-7W 60W

§ Mr. Grieve
asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will provide an analysis of Civil Service staff in post on 1st January 1973 on the same basis as the analysis published on 10th November 1972.

§ Mr. Kenneth Baker
The analysis is as follows:
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Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Executive Functions Trading and Repayment Services General Support Services

Small Departments:

Exchequer Office, Scotland 17 10 30 10

Government Actuary — — — 58

National Debt Office 12 23 20 —

Paymaster General's Office 63 — — 581

Registry of Friendly Societies 17 63 14 —

Royal Mint — — 1,372 —

Treasury Solicitor 73 35 — 277

5,709 88,026 14,638 2,678

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Education and scientific policy and administration, including University Grants Committees and HM Inspectorate of Schools 2,130 803 — —

National Lending Library — — 303 —

Victoria and Albert Museum — 653 — —

Science Museum — 412 — —

2,130 1,868 303 —

EMPLOYMENT

Employment and training services" 1,654 17,761 81 —

Occupational safety and health 1,560 — —

Industrial relations 768 — —

Industrial Tribunals and Industrial Court 282 — —

Selective employment payments 464 — —

Unemployment benefits and redundancy payments 11,265 — —

Passport work — 549 —

Office of Manpower Economics 53 — —

1,654 32,153 630 —

ENVIRONMENT

Property Services Agency 2,108 1,315 7,171 36,621

Local Government and Environmental Services 2,962 6,700 5,367 —

Housing 154 496 — —

Transport Industries 767 206 2,620 —

Research — 2,782 — —

Related Bodies — 650 — —

Ordnance Survey 211 4,015 511 —

6,202 16,164 15,669 36,621

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

Diplomatic Service (Home) 3,171 145 57 58

Diplomatic Service (Overseas) — 2,596 304 —

Diplomatic Wireless Service 329 1,159 — —

Government Communications Head-quarters 233 1,649 — —

Passport Office — — 739 —

Overseas Development Administration:

Aid Administration 951 — — —

Overseas manpower division — 416 — —

Overseas technical assistance — 949 — —

4,684 6,914 1,100 58

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Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Executive Functions Trading and Repayment Services General Support Services

HOME

Prisons (England and Wales) 500 19,379 — —

Immigration 1,065 1,300 — —

Police Services 270 3,028 — —

Fire 90 281 — —

Criminal 140 — — —

Probation and after-care 165 71 — —

Community programmes and general 125 — — —

Scientific, research and statistics 246 — — —

Central services 793 — — —

Finance and Accounts 255 10 — —

Carlisle State Management Scheme — — 744 —

3,649 24,069 744 —

LORD CHANCELLOR

Lord Chancellor's Department 240 — — —

Courts Service — 8,553 — —

Family Division — 518 — —

Land Registry — — 4,800 —

Public Trustee — — 534 —

Public Record Office — 333 — —

240 9,404 5,334 —

SOCIAL SERVICES

Health Services:

Special Hospitals 4,419 1,663 — —

Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres 890 — —

National Health Service Superannuation 395 — —

War Pensions Hospital 93 — —

Artificial Eye Unit

Common Cold Research Unit

Youth Treatment Centre

Social Security benefit services:

Regional Organisations 2,796 53,240 — —

Newcastle Central Office 10,645 — —

Blackpool Central Office 2,207 — —

ADP Centre, Reading 189 — —

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 542 1,422 — 635

7,757 70,744 — 635

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

International trade 583 1,009 — —

Industry and commerce 1,741 1,725 3,729 —

Industrial research — 3,709 — —

Civil aviation and marine 440 926 434 —

Central services(including Business Statistics Office) 3,526 — — 941

Export Credits Guarantee Department — — 1,658 —

6,290 7,369 5,821 941

WALES

Welsh Office:

Primary and secondary education including HM Inspectors of Schools 26 50 — —

Local government and development including housing 377 — — —

Health services 155 — — —

Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre — 46 — —

Central services 337 — — —

895 96 — —

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Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Executive Functions Trading and Repayment Services General Support Services

LORD PRIVY SEAL

Civil Service Department:

Management of the Civil Service 683 — — 184

Civil Service Recruitment — — — 437

Civil Service College — — — 344

Central services 635 — — —

Chessington Computer Centre — — — 327

Central Computer Agency 95 — 17 405

Civil Service Catering Organisation — — 130 —

Central Office of Information 105 — — 1,208

HM Stationery Office:

Procurement and distribution of paper, printing, etc. 414 — 1,505 1,497

Production units: printing, binding and reprographic — 1,178 2,751

1,932 — 2,830 7,153

NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland Office 108 — — —

POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Broadcasting and radio regulatory 202 40 100 28

Posts and Telecommunications 91 — — —

293 40 100 28

SCOTLAND

Scottish Office:

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 423 1,955 — —

Scottish Development Department 788 89 71 —

Scottish Education Department 289 306 — —

Scottish Home and Health Department 506 476 46 —

Central services 2,183 — — —

Prisons — 2,203 — —

State Hospitals — 306 — —

Scottish Courts Service etc. — 538 — —

Small Scottish Departments:

General Register Office, Scotland 33 392 — —

Lord Lyon and Warden of Regalia — — 5 —

Registers of Scotland — — 311 —

Royal Scottish Museum — 167 — —

Scottish Record Office — 134 — —

4,222 6,566 433 —

SMALL DEPARTMENTS

Charity Commission 46 283 — —

Civil Service Pay Research Unit — — — 38

Crown Estate Office — — 125 —

Crown Office 23 — — —

Director of Public Prosecutions 10 137 — —

Law Officer's Department 19 — — —

Lord Advocate's Department 14 — — —

Parliamentary Counsel — — — 47

Privy Council Office 32 — — —

Procurator Fiscal Service — 301 — —

Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements — 67 — —

Registry of Trade Unions and Employers' Associations 24 19 — —

Supreme Court of Northern Ireland — 96 — —

168 903 125 85

TOTAL 50,243 276,262 47,727 48,199

GRAND TOTAL 422,431

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Ministerial Responsibilities Staff

DEFENCE

Ministry of Defence Headquarters:

(a) Main Headquarters 10,870

(b) Defence Procurement Executive Headquarters 6,767

Maintenance, repair, storage and supply organizations 105,987

Command and support services for armed forces including medical, education and training establishments 78,163

Defence Procurement organisation outside Headquarters, including Research and Development establishments and Royal Ordnance factories 65,023

Meteorological Office 3,415

270,225

Note: Definitions of the column headings were contained in the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Norman Lamont) on 10th November 1972.—[Vol. 845, c. 257–266.]