HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc827-8W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the full complement of staff employed by the Scottish Office in each of its Departments, and what are the projections for number of employees in each of the next three years.

Mr. Rifkind

There is no fixed complement for the Scottish Office, but at 1 March 1990 the number of staff employed in the Scottish Office (including the Scottish prison service) was 10,212. Details are as follows:

Department Number of staff
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland 1,474.5
Scottish Development Department 1,289.5
Scottish Education Department 552.0
Scottish Home and Health Department 876.5
Industry Department for Scotland 384.5
Central Services 1,700.0
Scottish Prison Service 3,935.0
Total 10,212.0

Estimates of the number of staff who could be employed within the relevant running cost provision are contained in tables 15.11.3 and 15.7.12 of the commentary on the Scottish public expenditure programmes to 1993, a copy of which is in the Library.

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