§ Mr. Squireasked the Attorney-General if he will review the present law under which a divorced woman with custody of the children is unable to change their name, in the absence of their father's agreement.
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CIVIL SERVICE STAFF As at 1 April 1979 Full time equivalents* Departments (by Ministerial responsibilities) Non-industrial staff Industrial staff Total all staff Cabinet Office … … … … … 630 — 630 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 12,890 1,066 13,956 Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce … 518 — 518 Chancellor of the Exchequer— Treasury (including Rates Department and UKTSD) … … … … … 1,056 — 1,056 Customs and Excise … … … … 28,771 — 28,771 Inland Revenue … … … … … 84,615 30 84,615 Department for National Savings … … 10,694 114 10,808 Exchequer Office, Scotland … … … 56 — 56 National Debt Office … … … … 46 — 46 Paymaster General's Office … … … 871 2 873 Registry of Friendly Societies … … … 112 — 112 Royal Mint … … … … … 425 950 1,375 Treasury Solicitor … … … … 442 — 442 Education and Science, DES and University Grants Committee … … … … 2,675 2 2,677 Victoria and Albert Musseum … … … 557 49 606 Science Museum … … … … 423 43 466
§ The Solicitor-GeneralI Shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.