§ Mr. Copeasked the Lord President of the Council if he will list the enactments passed in the last Session of Parliament showing in each case and in total the estimated effect on public service manpower.
§ Mr. Edward ShortWhere it is thought that the provisions of an Act have impli-
810Wcations for public service manpower, these are stated in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Act. The following information has been extracted from the Explanatory Memoranda to the Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament. The information given in respect of each Act should be considered in the context of the Explanatory Memorandum for that Act as a whole.
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Civil Service Manpower Title Local Government Manpower 1st April 1976 1st April 1977 (increase over 1st April 1976) Mental Health (Amendment) Act … … Nil — — Ministerial and Other Salaries Act … … Nil — — Ministers of the Crown Act … … … Nil — — Mobile Homes Bill … … … … Nil — — National Theatre Act … … … … Nil — — New Towns Act … … … … Nil — — Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act … … … … … … Nil — — Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act … … … … Nil — — Nursing Homes Act … … … … Nil — — Offshore Petroleum Development (Scotland) Act … … … … … … Nil — — Oil Taxation Act … … … … Nil 14 +0 Pensioners Payment Act … … … Nil — — Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act … … … … … Temporary increase in police and immigration staff. — — Prices Act … … … … … Nil — — Public Service Vehicles (Arrest of Offenders) Act … … … … … … Nil — — Petroleum and Submarine Pipelines Act … Nil — — Policyholders Protection Act … … … Nil — — Recess Elections Act … … … … Nil — — Referendum Act … … … … No permanent increase — — Remuneration, Charges and Grants Act … Nil 120 +0 Reservoirs Act … … … … … A small increase in LA clerical staff may be necessary in some cases. — — Safety of Sports Grounds Act … … 16 approximately — — Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act … Nil — — Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Act … … … … … … Nil — — Sex Discrimination Act … … … Nil 54 +0 Statute Law (Repeals) Act … … … Nil — — Social Security (Amendment) Act … … None which were not accounted for in Social Security (Amendment) Act 1973. — — Social Security Benefits Act … … … Nil — — Social Security Act … … … … Nil — — Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act … Nil — — Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act Nil — — Social Security Pensions Act … … … Nil — — Scottish Development Agency Act … … Small reduction Saving of 13 Saving of 8 Unsolicited Goods and Services (Amendment) Act … … … … … … Nil — — Welsh Development Agency Act … … Nil Saving of 9 +0 Totals … … … … … 12,600 approximately 6,048 +3,388 * Estimated net increase as at 1st April 1976: 18,648. * Estimated net increase as at 1st April 1976: 18,648.