§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish an analysis of changes in civilian manpower in the Ministry of Defence, excluding royal ordnance factories, for the years 1979–80 to 1983–84, using the same categories as in note 5 in the Treasury's annual report on manpower reductions to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee.
§ Mr. ButlerInformation is not available for 1979–80 in the format requested. For the years 1980–81 and 1981–82, details were published in reports of the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee as House of Commons Papers: Nos. 423 (Session 1980–81) and 46 (Session 1982–83). Information on subsequent years is available in Treasury annual reports on Civil Service manpower reductions, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.