§ Mr. Batisteasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants are employed by his Department in (a) London and the south-east, (b) the south-west, (c) the midlands and (d) the north-east of England; and what is the budgeted expenditure of his Department for the current year in each of these regions.
§ Mr. HurdAt 1 June 1987 the following numbers of staff were employed in the prison department regions of the Home Office:
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Region Number South-East 9,982.5 South-West 4,677 Midlands 5,613 North 7,888 The other Home Office staff in post on that date in England and Wales are not organised in comparable regions, but were located broadly as follows:
Region Number London/South-East 6,513 South-West 812 Midlands 718 North 1,230 Financial provision for the four prison department regions in the current financial year is set out in the Supply Estimates for 1987–88 (class XI, vote 2). Other Home Office expenditure is not broken down by regions.