HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 cc171-2W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how may staff are employed by his Department; and what proportion of them are employed in each of the standard regions.

Mr. Waddington

The table below sets out Home Office staff by region as at 18 May 1990:

Numbers Per cent
London region 11,125 26.6
Rest of South-East 7,684 18.3
South-West 2,981 7.1
East Anglia 1,980 4.7
East Midlands 3,086 7.4
West Midlands 3,116 7.4
North-West 4,936 11.8
Yorkshire/Humberside 3,528 8.4
North 2,202 5.3
Wales 943 2.3
Northern Ireland 48 0.1
Scotland 239 0.6
Total 41,868 100

Note: Part-time staff have been counted as whole units.