§ Mr. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many people were employed by the Civil Aviation Authority in each quarter since this authority was established.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThe following gives the number of staff on the Civil Aviation Authority's payroll at the end of each quarter over the two years from September 1974 to September 1976:
September 1974 … … 8,490 December 1974 … … 8,420 March 1975 … … 8,496 June 1975 … … 8,490 September 1975 … … 8,446 December 1975 … … 8,369 March1976 … … 8,296 June 1976 … … 8,249 September 1976 … … 8,137 Quarterly statistics are not available before September 1974. The end-year figures of 8,272 and 8,270 quoted in the Authority's annual Reports for 1972–73 and 1973–74 respectively are not comparable with those quoted above. The lower figures excluded certain seconded staff. The figure for end-December 1976 is still being computed.