§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cleaners have been directly employed by the civil service in each year since 1979; and, of those, how many have been employed on a(a) part-time and (b) full-time basis.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardNumbers of cleaners directly employed in the civil service for the years 1979 to 1987 are as follows:
Year Numbers of directly employed cleaners Part-time Full-time 1979 5,240 944 1980 5,253 799 1981 5,146 754 1982 5,745 647 1983 3,819 497 1984 3,337 500 1985 2,931 443 1986 2,540 384 1987 2,320 359 Note: On 1 January 1988 the cleaner grade became part of the support grade group (along with messengers, paper keepers, office keepers etc.). Cleaners can no longer be separately identified.
This information has been extracted from the annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" for the appropriate years, copies of which have been placed in the statistical section of the House of Commons Library.