§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Minister for the Civil Service what has been the percentage increase or decrease of employed civil servants in each region of the United Kingdom by region since May 1979.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe following table shows civil servants in post by economic planning region at 1 January 1979 and 1 July 1981. In addition, there were 10,100 staff working overseas—and on the seas—at the later date. Comparable figures for May 1979 are not readily available.
Full-time equivalents *(000s) Economic Planning Region 1 January 1979 1 July 1981 Decrease since 1 January 1979 per cent. South East 291.7 266.6 -8.6 South West 84.5 78.1 -7.6 West Midlands 37.2 35.8 -3.6 North West 67.2 63.2 -6.0 Northern 42.1 40.4 -4.2 Yorks and Humberside 38.0 36.0 -5.4 East Midlands 28.9 27.5 -4.8 East Anglia 15.6 †14.4 †-7.4 Wales 40.6 38.5 -5.2 Scotland 70.6 67.8 -3.9 Northern Ireland‡ 6.5 5.8 -9.5 United Kingdom‡ 722.9 †674.2 †-6.7 Source: PRISM, Departmental Returns
* Part-time staff counted as half units.
† Excluding some Property Services Agency Staff from 1 October 1980—about 1,300 nationally, of whom 1,000 were in East Anglia—who were previously counted.
‡These figures exclude the Northern Ireland Civil Service—which is not part of the United Kingdom Civil Service. There were 31,160 staff at 1 January 1979 and 30,343 at 1 July 1981 in the Northern Ireland Civil Service—a decrease of 2.6 per cent. since 1 January 1979.