§ Mr. Douglas Hoggasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments on 1 January 1982.
§ Mr. HayhoeAt 1 January 1982 there were 675,400 in post—532,800 non-industrial and 142,600 industrial. There have been reductions of 4,400 since 1 October 1981 and 56,900 since the Government took office. The size of the Civil Service is now its lowest since 1967 and we are over half way towards achieving our planned reductions of 102,000 to a total of 630,000 by April 1984.