§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees there were in his Department for each year since 1964; and how much of any increase is attributable to the increase in unemployment.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe numbers of employees in my Department at 1st April for each year since 1964 are shown in column (2) of the table below. The changes attributable to variations in the level of unemployment are shown in column (3).
Year (1) Total staff employed (2) Changes attributable to variations in the level of unemployment (3) 1964 … 21,830 — 1965 … 21,323 -151 1966 … 22,945 +406 1967 … 27,607 +3,952 1968 … 29,607 +702 1969 … 30,565 +56 1970 … 31,468 +77 1971 … 33,305 +1,384 1972 … 37,158 +2,598 1973 … 36,924 -2,869 1974 … 30,286 -523 1975 … 18,813 +3,291 1976 … 24,409 +5,327 The figures for 1974 onward exclude the Training Services Agency and for 1975 onward the Employment Service Agency, the Health and Safety Executive 188W and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service which became independent organisations in 1974–75.