§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current number of civil servants in his Department; and what was the total in 1964 and the percentage increase or decrease between the two dates.
§ Mr. William Ross10,502 on 1st October 1975, including industrial staff and those employed in the Scottish Prison Service and the State Hospital, Carstairs; and 7,785 on the corresponding day in 1964. The change in staff numbers from 1st October 1964 to 1st October 1975, of 2,717, represents an increase of 35216W per cent. over the period. More than one third of the increase is attributable to an increase in the numbers in the Prison Service and the State Hospital; excluding these, the increase amounts to about 1,600, or 25 per cent.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons are employed in, and what is the annual cost of running, the Scottish Office.
§ Mr. William Ross7,929 non-industrial and industrial civil servants were employed in the Scottish Office, excluding the Scottish Prison Service and the State Hospital, Carstairs, at 1st October 1975.
The estimates of staff salaries, travelling and subsistence and other general expenses for 1975–76 published in the Supply Estimates 1975–76 and a Supplementary to the Supply Estimates 1975–76, total £34,361,000, net of appropriations in aid.