§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current number of civil servants in his Department; and what was the total in 42W 1964 and the percentage increase or decrease between the two dates.
§ Mr. PeartThe total number of staff in the Ministry at 1st October 1975 was 15,557 compared with a total of 15,753 at 1st October 1964. This is a decrease of 1.24 per cent.