Government Departments (Staff)

HC Deb 23 February 1988 vol 128 c141W

Mr. Chapman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 January.

Mr. Major

On 1 January 1988 there were 583,485 staff in post in central Government Departments. Of these 508,628 were non-industrials and 74,857 were industrials.