§ Mr. Hordernasked the Minister for the Civil Service, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Horsham and Crawley, Official Report 4 February, columns 28—30, if he will set out a list of the main Departments with more than 5,000 permanent staff, showing how many such staff were employed on 1 May 1979.
§ Mr. ChannonFigures are not available centrally for staff in post at 1 May 1979. The position at 1 April 1979 for the main Departments is set in the following table.
Permanent staff in post (full time equivalents) 1 April 1979 Department Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13,956 Customs and Excise 28,771 Inland Revenue 84,645 Department of National Savings 10,808 Ministry of Defence 224,697 Royal Ordnance Factories 22,963 Department of Employment Group 53,605 Department of the Environment 12,358 Department of Transport 13,908 Property Services Agency (including Supplies Division) 40,095 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 9,777 Home Office 33,490 Department of Industry 9,514 Lord Chancellor's Department 10,211 Land Registry 5,531 Civil Service Department (excluding CISCO) 3,260 Civil Service Catering Organisation 1,783 HM Stationery Office 6,689 Scottish Office 10,946 Department of Health and Social Security 98,369 Department of Trade 7,308