HC Deb 17 March 1980 vol 981 cc13-4W
Mr. Moate

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the manpower savings for each Government Department which he expects to have been achieved by the end of the current year.

PERMANENT STAFF IN POST
Department 1 April 1979 1 January 1980 Difference (+ or -)
MAFF 13,956 13,623 -333
Customs and Excise 28,771 27,429 -1,342
Inland Revenue 84,645 78,970 -5,675
Department for National Savings 10,808 10,313 -495
Department of Employment Group 53,605 51,380 -2,225
DOE (excluding PSA) 12,358 11,753 -605
PSA (including Supplies Division) 40,095 37,444 -2,651
FCO (including ODA) 12,078 11,646 -432
Home Office 33,490 33,680 +190
Industry 9,514 9,187 -327
Lord Chancellor 10,211 9,905 -306
Scottish Office 10,946 10,668 -278
DHSS 98,369 95,391 -2,978
Transport (including DVLD) 13,908 13,600 -308
Ministry of Defence 224,697 220,213 -4,484
ROFs 22,963 21,520 -1,443
Other Departments 51,861 51,030 -831
Total (rounded) 732,300 707,800 -24,500

Note: Part-time staff have been counted as half units.

and from OECD papers on the aid programmes of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries, are as follows:

Mr. Channon

The table below shows the number of permanent staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 April 1979 and 1 January 1980, the latest date for which figures are available, and the changes during that period. Some small further reduction in numbers is possible in the remainder of the current financial year.