§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will bring up to date the table of Civil Service
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CIVIL SERVICE MANPOWER Staff in Post at 1st March 1974 Staff in Post at 1st July 1976 Department Non-Industrials Industrials Total Non-Industrials Industrials Total Cabinet Office 599 — 599 666 — 666 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food* 14,328 1,133 15,461 14,782 1,179 15,961 HM Treasury 997 — 997 1,126 — 1,126 HM Customs and Excise 24,932 — 24,932 29,181 — 29,181 Inland Revenue 69,659 33 69,692 79,912 29 79,941 Department for National Savings 13,435 132 13,567 13,049 98 13,147 Department of Education and Science† 3,858 83 3,941 3,999 105 4,104 Department of Employment‡ 32,080 1,577 33,657 47,261 1,883 49,144 Department of Energy 1,364 82 1,446 1,340 10 1,350 Department of the Environment§ 42,034 27,480 69,514 45,680 26,492 72,172 Ordnance Survey 4,151 371 4,522 3,999 350 4,349 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 9,967 250 10,217 9,825 234 10,059 Ministry of Overseas Development 2,123 48 2,171 2,303 56 2,359 Home Office 24,858 3,652 28,510 28,417 3,700 32,117 Lord Chancellor's Office and Courts etc. 9,428 — 9,428 9,948 — 9,948 Land Registry 4,838 5 4,843 4,958 6 4,964 Civil Service Department 3,492 1,601 5,093 3,783 1,607 5,390 Central Office of Information 1,188 63 1,251 1,299 65 1,364 HM Stationery Office 3,142 4,037 7,179 3,303 4,069 7,372 Scottish Office 9,052 755 9,807 9,937 706 10,643 Scottish Courts Administration etc. 731 4 735 741 4 745 Department of Health and Social Security 82,331 209 82,540 93,034 258 93,292 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 2,706 18 2,724 2,570 23 2,593 Department of Trade¶ 16,550 805 17,355 7,813 43 7,856 Department of Industry¶ — — — 9,294 769 10,063 Department of Prices and Consumer Protection — — — 378 — 378 staff increases given in his reply to the hon. Member for Melton on 23rd June 1976; and if he will briefly outline the legislative or policy reasons which caused a variation in manpower between 1st April and 1st July 1976 wherever applicable.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe number of staff in post, by Department, on 1st March 1974 and 1st April 1976 is given below.
The main changes in staff numbers between 1st April and 1st July took place in the Ministry of Defence (_2,780) as a result of the continued rundown in accordance with the defence review, and the Department of Employment (+1,437) to deal with increases in work due to rising unemployment and to meet the programmed expansion of work on vocational training, employment services and Health and Safety inspection. Generally staff numbers for the remainder of the Civil Service remained fairly constant.
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Staff in Post at 1st March 1974 Staff in Post at 1st July 1976 Department Non-Industrials Industrials Total Non-Industrials Industrials Total Export Credits Guarantee Department 1,642 — 1,642 1,900 — 1,900 Welsh Office 1,091 2 1,093 1,525 2 1,527 Ministry of Defence 128,535 139,231 267,766 128,793 134,903 263,696 All other Departments 5,548 829 6,377 5,843 850 6,693 Total 514,659 182,400 697,059 566,659 177,441 744,100 All figures include part-time staff counted as one half. * Includes staff of the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce. † Includes staff of the Victoria and Albert and Science Museums. ‡ Includes on 1st July 1976 staff of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the Health and Safety Commission/Executive, the Manpower Services Commission and its agencies. § Includes staff of the Property Services Agency. ¶ These three Departments formed the Department of Trade and Industry at 1st March 1974.