§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many statisticians are currently employed in the Civil Service and in which Departments; and what were the comparable figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe following table shows the number of staff in post in the statistician group by Department at 1 January 1981 and 1 April 1979. There are no figures available centrally for May 1979.
Staff in post (full-time equivalents) Department 1 April 1979* 1 January 1981† Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 18 17 Cabinet Office 63 45 CSD 17 14 Defence 32 34 Education and Science 15 15 Employment Group 43 40 Energy 13 15 Environment/PSA 67 61 Health and Social Security 41 39 Home Office 23 24 Industry 76 70 Inland Revenue 19 21 OPCS 23 25 Scottish Office 24 23 Treasury 13 15 Welsh Office 12 9 Other Departments 30 30 Total 529 497 Notes: *1 April 1979—nearest date to "May 1979" for which this information is readily available. † 1 January 1981—latest date for which figures are available centrally.