HC Deb 19 March 1980 vol 981 cc235-6W
Mr. Butcher

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what saving in the wages and salaries bill has been achieved due to the non-replacement of jobs in the Civil Service since 1 May 1979.

Mr. Channon

There has been a reduction of 24,500 staff in central Government Departments in the period 1 April 1979 to 1 January 1980. Information is not held centrally in sufficient detail to quantify at this stage exactly the savings in the wages and salaries bill. But in a full year the saving will be over £100 million.