§ Mr. Bodyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will list the total number of civil servants employed by his Department on 1 January and the number on1 January 1959.
§ Mr. John SilkinOn 1 January 1979 the number of non-industrial staff and industrial staff were 12,971 and 1,074 respectively. On 1 January 1959 the number of non-industrial staff was 14,793; 609W the precise figure for industrial staff on that date is not available but is estimated to have been about 1,200.