§ Mr. Butcherasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many employees left his Department, for whatever reason, in 1977–78 and 1978–79.
§ Mr. PymThe numbers of United Kingdom-based industrial and non-industrial civilian staff who left my Department during the financial years 1977–78 and 1978–79 were 40,021 and 41,131 respectively. These figures include personnel in the Royal ordnance factories, but exclude transfers of staff between the Ministry of Defence and other Departments.