HC Deb 19 April 1983 vol 41 c60W
Mr. Crowther

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs in (a) the industrial Civil Service and (b) the non-industrial Civil Service have been abolished since May 1979; and what percentages of the previous totals are represented by these figures.

Mr. Hayhoe

Figures are not held centrally for May 1979. The following table shows the reductions that have been made in the number of industrial and non-industrial civil servants between 1 April 1979 and 1 January 1983.

Non-Industrials Industrials Total
1 April 1979 565,800 166,500 732,300
1 January 1983 520,300 132,200 652,500
Reduction 45,500 34,300 79,800
Reduction as a percentage -8.0 -20.6 10.9