§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Minister for the Civil Service what have been the total numbers of new civil servants employed for each month from November 1980 to February 1981 inclusive.
§ Mr. HayhoeI am having the information brought together and will let my hon. Friend have an answer shortly.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Minister for the Civil Service what were the total establishments and numbers of civil servants in post on 1 January 1981 for each of the following Departments: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Civil Service, Defence, Education and Science, Employment, Energy, Transport, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health and Social Security, Home, Industry, Trade, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Ireland, Treasury and Paymaster General.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe number of civil servants in post on 1 January 1981 in each Department is given in the "Summary Quarterly Return", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. For convenience, the information is set out in the table below. A figure for "establishments" at that date is not available, but the staff numbers at 1 April 1981 provided for in the Supply Estimates 1981–82 are shown. These are taken from table 8 of the memorandum by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the Supply Estimates 1981–82—Cmnd. 8184.
Department Staff in post 1 January 1981 Staff numbers † Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13,218 13,175 Civil Service Department (excluding CISCO) 3,197 3,200 Ministry of Defence 211,103 210,300 Education and Science 2,538 2,547 Department of Employment Group 52,122 55,100 Department of Energy 1,208 1,221 Department of Transport 13,129 14,278* Foreign and Commonwealth Office 9,496 9,557 Department of Health and Social Security 98,298 97,900 Home Office 35,482 35,400 Department of Industry 8,960 8,909 Department of Trade 7,104 7,110 Scottish Office 10,928 10,829 Welsh Office 2,357 2,360 Northern Ireland Office 219 216 H M Treasury 1,006 1,055 Paymaster General's Office 926 924 471,921 474,081 * includes 702 staff transferred from Department of the Environment. † provided for in 1981–82 Supply Estimates 1 April 1981.