HC Deb 31 July 1984 vol 65 c250W
Mrs. Rumbold

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what levels of staff reductions his Department has achieved since the beginning of the current parliamentary Session.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Numbers of staff in the Department of the Environment—including the Property Services Agency —have fallen from 35,942 at 1 July 1983 to 33,523 at 1 July 1984, a reduction of 2,419—6.7 per cent.