HC Deb 08 July 1985 vol 82 c340W
Mrs. Rumbold

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what manpower reductions his Department has achieved in 1984–85.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Numbers of staff in the Department of the Environment, including the Property Services Agency, have fallen from 33,836 at 1 April 1984 to 32,791 at 1 April 1985, a reduction of 1,045 or 3 per cent.