HC Deb 17 April 1986 vol 95 cc471-2W
1985. Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Minister for the Arts what was the number of staff employed by the British Library in (a) 1979 and (b)

Mr. Luce

The British Library employed 2,210 staff in 1979. Since then it has absorbed a number of other organisations which together employed 239 staff. The number of British Library employees on 1 April 1985 was 2,452.