§ Mr. Hal Millerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many civil servants were engaged at 1st January 1974, 1st January 1975 and 1st January 1976 in the Price Commission in the following activities: (a) checking prenotified price increases, (b) checking reported profit margins, (c) checking whether firms have achieved total sales on the home market which render them liable to report or prenotify and (d) checking whether firms not categorised are complying with the Price Code.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe numbers of staff engaged on the four activities mentioned were 376, 500 and 532 at the dates referred to. It is not possible to apportion their time between each activity.