§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Attorney-General if any of the 450 staff savings in the Lord Chancellor's Department announced on 6 December 1979 have yet been made; and, if not, when he expects them to be achieved and in what divisions, at what grades and in which geographical regions.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe numbers of posts saved so far in departments for which the Lord Chancellor is responsible are as follows:
(a) by division Royal Courts of Justice 24 Land Registry 74 Public Trustee Office 7 105 (b) by grade Administration Group 24 Secretarial Category 40 Messengers, Paperkeepers etc. 39 Legal Category 2 105 (c) by region East Anglia 1 East Midlands 7 North 4 North-West 8 South-East 57 South-West 26 Wales 2 105 The remaining staff savings will be distributed as follows:
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in 1980/81 Royal Courts of Justic 26 Public Trustee Office 18 in 1981/82 Crown Conrt 75 County Courts Court of Protection Official Solicitor's Department Internal Audit Service
Land Registry 61 Public Record Office 39 Public Trustee Office 10 in 1982/83 Crown Court 25 County Courts Internal Audit Service Land Registry 61 Public Trustee Office 30 It is not yet possible to say precisely in what regions or at what grades these further savings will be achieved.
§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Attorney-General in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 211 posts by which the staff in post in his Department contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn the Lord Chancellor's Department a contraction of staff in post of 201 occurred between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 as set out below (by region):
North/Yorks and Humberside 22 East Midlands/West Midlands 17 East Anglia/South-East 75 South-West 22 North-West 37 Wales 28 201 This contraction of staff in post occurred mainly in clerical and bailiff grades in the county courts.
It is not possible at short notice to provide a more detailed breakdown of the grades and locations in which the contraction occurred.