HC Deb 26 February 1980 vol 979 c493W
Mr. Hordern

asked 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. Channon

Figures 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