§ Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were working for the Forestry Commission in Wales in 1975 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe number of people employed by the Forestry Commission in Wales at 31 March in each of these years was as follows:
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Year Number employed 1975 1,525 1976 1,490 1977 1,451
Year Number employed 1978 1,484 1979 1,482 1980 1,414 1981 1,361 1982 1,280 1983 1,205 1984 1,118 1985 1,029 Complete figures showing the position at 31 March 1986 are not yet available on central records.
Group Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Administration staff 82 80 80 81 80 77 79 77 74 108 115 Foresters/forest officers 185 184 179 180 176 174 168 158 157 139 139 Estate and building staff 11 11 11 11 9 11 11 9 8 9 8 Engineering staff 25 24 24 24 22 23 22 21 20 20 20 Research staff 9 14 13 14 13 13 22 18 19 10 17 Others 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 Total non-industrials 320 321 315 318 308 305 309 290 285 293 306 Forest workers 1,022 992 961 990 997 936 885 836 774 692 600 Engineering workers 168 162 160 162 163 159 152 145 142 129 119 Building workers and others 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 9 4 4 4 Total industrials 1,205 1,169 1,136 1,166 1,174 1,109 1,052 990 920 825 723 The increase in the number of employees in the Administration group in the last two years was mainly a result of the transfer of forest clerks from the industrial class to the clerical and typing grades in the non-industrial class.
Complete figures showing the position at 31 March 1986 ar not yet available on central records.