§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers by which the Civil Service has increased or decreased in each year since 1979; and what estimates he has made for the comparable numbers for 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987, respectively.
§ Mr. HayhoeFollowing is the information:
Civil Service Numbers Year Staff in Post at 1 April Decrease over previous year 1979 732,275 3,381 1980 704,903 27,372
Agricultural levy values for imported food (£ million) Standard International Trade Classification Description 1981 1982 1983* 00 Live animals chiefly for food 4.8 4.6 4.2 01 Meat and meat preparations 84.1 81.0 65.2 02 Dairy products and birds' eggs 71.4 60.8 45.1 03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof Negligible Negligible Negligible 04 Cereals and cereal preparations 143.9 146.3 98.9 05 Vegetables and fruit 1.7 1.9 1.7 06 Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 32.5 25.0 16.1 07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 1.5 1.3 0.8 08 Feeding stuff for animals 5.4 7.1 7.1 09 Miscellaneous edible products 4.9 0.8 0.4 11 Beverages 1.7 1.0 0.7 41 Animal oils and fats 1.5 1.5 0.9 42 Fixed vegetable oils and fats 0.1 0.1 0.1 43 Animal and vegetable oils and fats, processed, and waxes of animal or vegetable origin Negligible Negligible Negligible Total 353.6 331.3 241.3 Notes * Provisional. "Monetary compensatory amounts (MCAs) adjust for the variation between the (green) rate fixed for agricultural goods at the beginning of the marketing year and the spot rate for the pound sterling. It is not possible to provide a levy analysis net of these amounts."