§ Mr. Rentonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments on 1 April.
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Additional Allocations Bids for Home Improvement Grants Allocation including Home Insulation Grants (in brackets) Discretionary Grant Intermediate Grant Repairs Grant Insulation Grants (HIS) £ £ £ £ £ £ Aberconwy Borough Council 194,000 (2,000) 390,000 2,000 Afan Borough Council 2,000 (1,450) 1,000 1,450 Alyn and Deeside District Council 34,000 (2,640) — 15,000 20,000 2,640 Arfon District Council 356,000 (15,000) 246,000 45,000 344,000 15,000 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council 601,000 (10,000) 1,200,000 10,000 Brecknock Borough Council 23,000 (1,100) — 10,000 15,000 1,100 Cardiff County Council 457,000 (19,000) 1,000,000 75,000 425,000 19,000 Carmarthen District Council 83,000 — 180,000 5,000 90,000 — Ceredigion District Council 59,000 (1,500) 305,000 40,000 25,000 1,500 Colwyn Bay Borough Council 22,000 (3,700) 60,000 10,000 10,000 3,700 Cynon Valley Borough Council 160,000 (20,000) 650,000 10,000 150,000 20,000 Delyn District Council 71,000 (5,000) — 25,000 50,000 5,000 Dinefwr Borough Council 40,000 (1,200) 100,000 44,000 — 1,200 Dwyfor District Council 29,000 (3,000) — 3,000 27,000 3,000 Glyndwr District Council 11,000 (1,300) — 9,500 1,600 1,300 Islwyn District Council 115,000 (4,800) — 65,000 60,000 4,800 Llanelli Borough Council 50,000 (5,800) — 10,000 40,000 5,800 Lliw Valley Borough Council 396,000 (1,500) 150,000 — 450,000 1,500 Meirionnydd District Council 89,000 (1,500) — 25,000 75,000 1,500 Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council 175,000 (2,000) — 55,000 143,000 2,000 Monmouth District Council 107,000 (1,117) 135,000 52,000 69,000 1,117 Montgomery District Council 32,000 (2,500) — 13,000 20,000 2,500 Neath Borough Council 184,000 (4,000) — 150,000 55,000 4,000 Newport Borough Council 146,000 (15,000) — 50,000 100,000 15,000 Ogwr Borough Council 77,000 (15,646) — 70,000 — 15,646 Preseli District Council 23,000 — — 6,000 20,000 — Radnor District Council 176,000 (500) 200,000 50,000 150,000 500
§ Mr. HayhoeAt 1 April 1982 there were 666,400 in post—528,000 non-industrial and 138,400 industrial. There have been reductions of 9,000 since 1 January 1982 and 65,900 since the Government took office. The size of the Civil Service is now at its lowest since 1966 and we are well over half way towards achieving our planned reduction of 102,000 to a total of 630,000 by April 1984.