HC Deb 23 May 1980 vol 985 cc439-40W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the staff establishment of his Department on 1 April 1979 and on 1 April of the current year; and what was the shortfall on these figures, if any, and the grades and geographical regions where the shortfall occurred;

(2) if any of the 2,575 staff savings in his Department, the 3,400 in the Manpower Services Commission, the 260 in the Health and Safety Executive and the 100 in the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 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;

(3) in which divisions, at what grades and in what geographical area the 3,605 posts by which the staff in post in his Department contracted between 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1980 were employed.

Mr. Mayhew

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.