§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Minster for the Civil Service whether he will set out, for each Ministry and Department of State, the number of temporary secretaries or shorthand typists in post on the 571W latest date for which figures are available; and what proportion they represented, for each Ministry, of the total secretarial or typist staff in post on that date.
Ministry or Department Number of temporary secretaries or shorthand typists in post Proportion these temporary staff represent of total secretarial and shorthand typist staff in post Per cent. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 6 1.4 Cabinet Office … … 4 5.6 Central Office of Information … … 6 19.4 Civil Service Department (and sub-departments) … … 47 27.0 Customs and Excise … … 1 1.0 Ministry of Defense (including P.E.) … … 2 0.1 Department of Education and Science … … 11 6.3 Department of Employment … … 43 11.4 Department of the Environment (including P.S.A.) … … 72 11.1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office … … 1 0.1 Department of Health and Social Security … … 101 17.6 Ministry of Overseas Development … … 20 22.2 Department of Trade and Industry … … 133 19.1 H.M. Treasury (and sub-departments) … … 18 19.6 H.M. Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor … … 18 48.6 Welsh Office … … 2 3.9