§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed by his Department and the Training Agency, and its predecessors the Manpower Services Commission and Training Commission, in each year since and including 1979.
§ Mr. EggarThe table details permanent staff in post statistics each year since and including 1979.
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Employment department group staff in post 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Employment, Department (UBS) 23,779 21,806 23,823 30,986 30,955 30,258 29,718 30,428 32,357 42,102 40,504 Employment Service (MSC) 24,961 25,388 23,672 23,279 22,687 21,928 20,802 21,075 23,952 Training Agency — — — — — — — — — 12,165 11,730 Health and Safety Executive 4,118 4,132 3,922 3,712 3,593 3,563 3,616 3,586 3,526 3,410 3,503 ACAS 799 794 705 675 665 631 610 627 629 625 639 Total 53,657 52,120 52,122 58,652 57,900 56,380 54,746 55,716 60,464 58,302 56,376 Sources:
1. 1987–88 extracted from Civil Service Statistics (Table II) nb Prior to 1982 the figures published for 1 January.
2. 1989 extracted from DSR2, the Department's computerised record.