§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report any transfer of non-uniformed staff from the Ministry of Defence since 1970; and whether their functions have been continued in other agencies not directly responsible to his Department.
§ Mr. PattieDetails of functions identified during the preparation of Estimates which have been transferred from the Ministry of Defence since 1 April 1970 are as follows. A separate record of actual strength of transferred staff is not maintained, but the numbers at the date of transfer are unlikely to have varied significantly.
Function Year Numbers of United Kingdom- based Staff Numbers of Locally- engaged Staff Overseas Certain Payroll staff to Civil Service Department 1971–72 345 — Locally-engaged staff to the ANZUK force in Far East 1971–72 — 2,866 Lands and supporting Staff to Property Services Agency 1972–73 883 146 Canteen Staff to Civil Service Department 1972–73 1,440 — Air Traffic Control Staff to Civil Aviation Authority 1975–76 71 — Three small transfers, each less than 50, to other Government Departments 1976–80 67 — The military organisation of the ANZUK force was subsequently terminated. For the remaining functions it is for the recipients to say whether, and in what form, they have been continued.