§ Mr. Gristasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list for 1977 and 1978 the number of civil servants in the administration group for each Department of State who were retired prematurely on grounds of (a) inefficiency, (b) limited efficiency, (c) redundancy and (d) discipline.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe information requested by the hon. Member is set out in the table below: 575W
576W577W
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 1977 1978* 1977 1978* 1977 1978* 1977 1978* 1977 1978* Department Inefficient Limited efficiency Redundancy Discipline Total Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … 3 — — — 1 — 1 — 5 — Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce … — — — — — — — 1 — 1 Cabinet Office … … … … … … — — — — — — 1 — 2 1 Charity Commission … … … … … — 1 — — — — — — — 1 Civil Service Department … … … … — — 9 2 2 — 2 — 13 2 Her Majesty's Customs and Excise … … … 7 2 2 1 1 — 10 5 20 8 Ministry of Defence … … … … … 6 3 3 6 167 46 7 4 183 59 Department of Education and Science … … — — — 1 8 — 2 — 10 1 Department of Employment group … … … 1 4 — — 2 — 12 11 15 15 Department of Energy … … … … — — — 1 — — — — — 1 Department of the Environment … … … 3 — 7 2 2 — 8 3 20 5 Export Credits Guarantee Department … … — — — — 4 — — — 4 — Office of Fair Trading … … … … — — — — — — — 1 — 1 Department of Health and Social Security … … 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 10 7 Home Office … … … … … … — 1 1 3 — — — 1 1 5 Central Office of Information … … … 2 1 1 — — — — — 3 1 Inland Revenue … … … … … 3 4 — 1 16 — 8 8 27 13 Land Registry … … … … … … 1 1 1 — 1 — — — 3 1 Lord Chancellor's Department … … … 2 5 — 1 — — — 1 2 7 Royal Mint … … … … … … — 3 — — 1 — — — 1 3 Department for National Savings … … … 2 1 — 1 82 63 7 1 91 66 Northern Ireland Office … … … … — — — — 1 — — — 1 — Paymaster General's Office … … … … 1 — — 2 — — — — 1 2 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys … 4 1 — — — — — 1 4 2 Procurator Fiscal Service … … … … — — — — — — 1 — 1 — Director of Public Prosecutions … … … — — — — — — 1 — 1 — Scottish Courts administration … … … — — — 1 — — — — — 1 Scottish Office … … … … … … — 1 — — 1 — 1 — 2 1 Her Majesty's Stationery Office … … … — — 1 — 1 — 1 — 2 1 Departments of Trade, Industry and Prices and Consumer Protection … … … … — — — 2 6 — 3 4 9 6 Department of Transport … … … … 1 1 1 — — 13 21 11 23 25 Her Majesty's Treasury … … … … — — 3 — — — — — 3 — Total … … … … … … 38 31 31 26 297 123 92 55 458 235
* The figures given for 1978 are those which are available as at January 1979. † Includes Department of Employment, employment services division, Health and Safety Executive, training services division and Manpower Services Commission.