§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff, and in what categories, have been
1st April 1974 1st October 1975 Increase Administrative/Executive/Clerical … … 11,872 14,467 2,595 Professional/Scientific/Technical … … 2,675 3,018 343 Support Staff … … 1,028 1,236 208 Industrial … … 1,623 1,676 53 TOTAL … … 17,198 20,397 3,199 In addition 1,024 casual staff were employed in MSC and its agencies on 1st October 1975. The comparable figure for 1st April 1974 was 1,020.
It is regretted that comprehensive records of all staff recruited during this period are not available.