HC Deb 09 July 1984 vol 63 cc420-2W
Mr. Strang

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Civil Service jobs were lost in each region in Scotland in 1983.

Mr. Hayhoe

The following table shows the changes in numbers of non-industrial civil servants by region and industrial civil servants in total for Scotland in 1983. Reductions are indicated with a negative sign and reflect losses of all kinds offset by recruitment. The reductions are differences between staff in post figures as at 1 January 1983 and 1984, since no data about staff complements in Scotland are collected centrally. No regional breakdown of industrial staff is available.

Civil Service in Scotland:
Changes in staff-in-post* during 1983
Changes
Non-industrial staff:
Highlands -40
Grampian -37
Tayside -53
Fife +9
Lothian -239
Borders -4
Central -23
Strathclyde +86
Dumfries and Galloway -36
Island areas -9
Total non-industrial staff -346

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Total number of seizures 108 86 47 57 83
Tobacco seizures 79 56 33 30 50
Spirits seizures 21 17 12 20 22
Drugs seizures number — 7 2 — 8
Weight of herbal cannabis — 14.9 — — 38kgs
Weight of cannabis resin — 1.7 52 gms — 3 kgs
Weight of opium — — 7 gms — 25 gms
Number of other seizures 8 6 — 7 3

Mr. Wilson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will outline staffing levels, at different grades, of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in the Dundee area for 1982, 1983 and for the latest date available.

SEO HEO EO CO CA Typist Messenger Revenue assistant Total
31 December 1982
Excise 1 2 4 2 1 — — 5 15
Customs 1 3 6 7 — 1 1 — 19
VAT 2 7 5 1 — — — — 15
Collection officer — — 1 — — — — — 1
31 December 1983
Excise 1 2 4 2 1 — — 2 12
Customs — 3 6 7 — 1 1 — 18
VAT 2 7 7 1 — — — — 17
Collection officer — — 1 — — — — — 1
1 July 1984
Excise 1 2 4 1 1 — — 2 11
Customs — 2 6 6 — 1 1 — 16
VAT 2 8 8 1 — — — — 19
Collection officer — 1 1 — — — — — 2

Mr. Wilson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will outline the staffing levels of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in April 1979 and April 1984; and if he will indicate the impact of the changes on customs cover.

Mr. Hayhoe

The total number of staff in Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at 1 April 1979 was 28,870

Changes
Industrial staff -380
Total -726
* Full-time equivalents.