HC Deb 30 June 1981 vol 7 cc318-9W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the numbers employed by the petroleum division of his Department in each year since 1973 and show where they were located.

Mr. David Howell

Staff in post in the petroleum production and petroleum engineering divisions on 1 April each year since the Department of Energy was created in January 1974 were as follows:

Comparable figures for 1973 are not readily available.