§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many civil servants in his Department are wholly or mainly employed in cost efficiency programmes or methods of impoving manpower utilisation (a) within Establishment and Personnel Divisions 1 and II and (b) elsewhere in his Department; and what were the comparable figures in March 1974.
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§ Mr. DeakinsIt is a primary function of management at all levels to secure efficiency in costs and manpower, but the numbers of specialised staff, in such units as Staff Inspection, Operational Research and Organisation and Methods, in post and concerned with this work were as follows:
May March 1977 1974 Establishments & Personnel Divisions I and II 110 113 Elsewhere in the Department 220 200 The figures include estimated numbers of staff in units covering other duties.