§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff are employed in the Manpower Services Commission; and how many staff were employed at each year end, or other convenient dates, since it was started; and if he will schedule the figures so as to clearly demonstrate changes by transfers of staff.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe Manpower Services Commission was set up on 1 January 1974. In the first year of its existence some 17,320 staff transferred from the Department of Employment to the commission. The number of permanent staff employed by the commission on 1 January each year, from 1975 onwards, was as follows:
- 1 January 1975—18,571
- 1 January 1976—20,862
- 1 January 1977—22,911
- 1 January 1978—24,005
- 1 January 1979—24,961
- 1 January 1980—25,367
- 1 January 1981—23,671
These figures include about 175 permanent staff transferred from the Department of Employment during 1977. No other major transfers of staff have taken place.