§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science 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.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe information is as follows:
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1 April 1979 Staff establishments as provided for in Main Estimates 3,860 Shortfall 100 1 April 1980 Staff establishments as provided for in Main Estimates 2,620 Shortfall 20 The 1 April 1979 figure includes 1,100 members of staff who were transferred to the Office of Arts and Libraries on 1 September 1979. The shortfall which is confined to the London area—S.E. economic planning region—occurred in 1979 mainly in junior museum grades and in clerical and support staff: in 1980 in clerical and support staff only—responsibility for the Victoria and Albert museum and the Science Museum having been transferred to my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.