§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table giving separately the number of employees in each central Government trading fund and the predecessor organisations at 1 April for the years 1970 to 1984.
§ Mr. Peter ReesFollowing are the staff-in-post figures for each of the four central Government trading funds at 679W 1 April for the years 1970 to 1984. HMSO was granted trading fund status on 1 April 1980, The Crown Suppliers, formally PSA Supplies, on 1 April 1976, the Royal Mint on 1 April 1975 and the royal ordnance factories on 1 July 1974:
HMSO The Crown Suppliers Royal Mint Royal Ordnance Factories 1970 7,716 *4,043 1,779 20,590 1971 7,689 3,939 1,457 19,275 1972 7,440 4,111 1,387 18,963 1973 7,329 3,968 1,305 18,578 1974 7,139 3,717 1,149 18,200 1975 7,183 3,792 1,402 19,014 1976 7,412 4,196 1,132 21,682 1977 7,219 4,013 1,332 22,758 1978 6,864 3,722 1,444 22,851 1979 6,689 3,596 1,375 22,963 1980 6,236 3,274 1,337 21,754 1981 5,956 2,996 1,286 20,804 1982 5,191 2,134 1,167 19,430 1983 4,361 1,981 1,061 18,547 1984 3,660 1,970 969 17,961 * Staff-in-post at 1 November 1970.