HC Deb 02 February 1983 vol 36 cc137-8W
22. Dr. M. S. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants there were in the Scottish Office at the latest available date and at the same date 12 months earlier, respectively.

Mr. Younger

The figure was 10,305 on 1 January 1983, a decrease of 276 since 1 January 1982. If the Scottish prison service and the State hospital, Carstairs were excluded, the figure would be 7,147, a decrease of 312, or 4.2 per cent.