HC Deb 27 November 1980 vol 994 c180W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the reduction of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence from May 1979 to date expressed in numbers and as a percentage.

Mr. Pym

During the period 1 May 1979 to 1 November 1980, the number of United Kingdom-based civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence—including Royal ordnance factories—was reduced by 13,152 or 5.3 per cent. There was also a reduction of 1,872 or 5.0 percent. in the number of locally engaged civilians overseas during the period 1 May 1979 to 1 October 1980, which is the latest date for which this information is available.