§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the number of civil servants employed in Stockport in 1974 and 1978; and how this number will be affected by proposed changes at Ministry of Defence establishment, Cheadle Hulme.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisAccording to records held centrally, there were 1,390 non-industrial civil servants employed in the Stockport area on 1st January 1975, the earliest date for which figures are available, and 1,608 on 1st July 1978. Part-time staff have been counted as half units. Figures for industrial staff are not available centrally.
As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force said in the Adjournment debate on 20th July [Official Report, Vol. 954, cols. 1007–08], no final decisions have been taken about the Ministry of Defence dispersal package to Glasgow and its effect on Cheadle Hulme.