§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Prime Minister if she will list the numbers of(a) industrial and (b) non-industrial civil servants employed in each year since 1979.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information is as follows:
Thousands as at 1 April each year Year Non-Industrial Industrial Total 1979 566 166 732 1980 547 157 705 1981 540 150 690 1982 528 138 666 1983 519 130 649 1984 504 120 624 1985 498 101 599 1986 498 96 594 1987 507 90 598 I refer my hon. Friend to the historical series published on page 33 of "Civil Service Statistics 1987", a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library, for the basis on which the figures are collected.