§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will list the number of scientific posts in each Department of the Civil Service as at May 1979 and at the latest convenient date; what are the proposed numbers in each case for 1982 and 1983; and if she will break down the figures to show in which posts the cuts have and will be made.
§ Mr. HayhoeFigures are not held centrally for May 1979. The following table shows the scientific staff in post in each Department at 1 April 1979 and 1 April 1981, the latest convenient date for which this information is available.
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Staff in post* (Full-time equivalent)† Department 1 April 1979 1 April 1981 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1,803 1,960 Civil Serivce Department 46 39 Defence (including ROFs) 10,612 9,927 Health and Safety Commission/Executive 355 334 Energy 69 69 Environment/PSA 790 687 Health and Social Security 95 69 Home Office 543 615 Overseas Development 377 289 Trade and Industry 1,817 1,722 Transport 486 443 Scottish Office 329 320 Other departments 72 73 Total 17,394 16,547 Notes:
* Includes members of open structure levels with scientific background, science group and related scientific grades.
† Part-time staff are counted as half units.
No details are held centrally on the proposed numbers of posts for 1982 and 1983 nor on the posts in which cuts have or will be made. It is for individual Ministers to decide how and where to make the savings necessary to meet their own Departments' overall targets.