§ Mr. Doverasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of the reduction in manpower in his Department of 45,620 between 1 January 1979 and 1 January 1984.
§ Mr. PattieI assume my hon. Friend is referring to United Kingdom-based civilian manpower. Details of these reductions including the ROFs are only presently available up to 1 April 1983 and are as follows:
Civilian manpower (a) Changes in workload (i) increases +1,765 (ii) decreases -5,316 (b) Carrying out work more efficiently by changes in method -1,192 (c) General streamlining and other minor changes -23,294 (d) Increases arising from new activities +309 (e) Dropping or materially curtailing functions -7,202 (f) Privatisation including contracting out -4,473 (g) Hiving off -251 Total 39,654 In the period 1 April 1983 to 1 January 1984 a further reduction of 5,966 staff was made, but their categorisation is not yet available.