§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the number of personal secretaries employed by the Civil Service in London, broken down between agency and career staff.
§ Mr. ChannonThe number of full-time equivalent personal secretaries employed by the Civil Service in London on 1 January 1980 was 2,600. Little use is made of agency staff. Details of these are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.