§ Mr. Edelmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage change in the number of offices of profit outside the appointment system of the Civil Service Commission within his gift between 1st January 1963 and 1st January 1975, and in their total value.
§ Mr. BoothThe approximate cost at 1st January 1975 and number of appointments was given in my Written Answer to my hon. Friend of 18th February last —[Vol. 886, c.325–6]——but the remainder of the information could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost to public funds.