§ Mr. Crowtherasked 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. HayhoeFigures 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