HC Deb 25 May 1979 vol 967 cc268-71W
Mr. Jim Marshall

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish in the Official Report the number of industrial and non-industrial civil servants in post on 4 May for each Government Department.

Mr. Channon

The table below shows for each Government Department the number of industrial and non-industrial staff in post on 1 April 1979, the latest date for which figures are available.

Departments (by Ministerial responsibilities) Non-industrial staff Industrial staff Total all staff
Employment (including Office of Manpower Economics) 23,259 41 23,300
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 803 803
Employment Service Division 14,353 219 14,572
Health and Safety Commission/Executive 4,077 93 4,170
Manpower Services Commission 2,336 1 2,337
Training Services Division 6,645 1,778 8,423
Energy, Department of 1,256 11 1,267
Environment—
DOE (excluding PSA) 10,333 2,025 12,358
PSA (excluding Supplies Division) 17,497 19,002 36,499
PSA (Supplies Division) 1,897 1,699 3,596
Ordnance Survey 3,341 245 3,586
Foreign and Commonwealth, FCO 9,549 228 9,777
Overseas Development, Ministry of 2,245 56 2,301
Home—
Home Office 29,645 3,845 33,490
Industry, Department of 8,841 673 9,514
Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor's Office and Courts etc. 10,211 10,211
Land Registry 5,522 5,531
Public Trustee Office 350 350
Public Record Office 426 426
Lord Privy Seal—
Civil Service Department including College 3,533 1,510 5,043
Central Office of Information 1,116 66 1,182
Government Actuary 57 57
HM Stationery Office 3,192 3,497 6,689
Northern Ireland Office 205 11 216
Prices and Consumer Protection, Department of 319 319
Scotland—
Scottish Office 10,053 893 10,946
Scottish Courts Adminsitration etc. 835 5 840
Other small Scottish Departments, General Register Office, Scotland 371 371
Lands Tribunal for Scotland 5 5
Registers of Scotland 438 438
Royal Scottish Museum 173 173
Scottish Record Office …… 118 16 134
Social Services—
DHSS 98,073 296 98,369
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 2,537 23 2,560
Trade—
Department of Trade 7,267 41 7,308
Export Credits Guarantee Department 2,019 13,908
Transport (including DVLD) 13,171 737 13,908
Wales—
Welsh Office 2,440 167 2,607
Other Civil Departments—
Charity Commission 333 333
Civil Service Pay Research Unit 63 63
Crown Estate Office 122 122
Crown Office (Scottland) and Procurator Fiscal Service 749 749
Director of Public Prosecutions 202 202
Law Officers' Department 18 18
Lord Advocate's Department 20 20
Office of Fair Trading 294 294
Parliamentary Counsel 43 43
Privy Council Office 39 39
Royal Ordnance Factories 5,885 17,078 22,963
Defence 114,758 109,939 224,697
TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS 565,815 166,460 732,275
* Part-time staff counted as half units.