§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons were employed in the civil service in the Doncaster area by Department as at 1 April in each year from 1979 to 1991; and if he will list the reasons for any substantial change in the numbers year on year.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe total numbers' of non-industrial civil servants employed in the Doncaster area at 1 April each year from 1979 to 1990, are as follows:
Year total 1979 1,280 1980 1,240 1981 1,248 1982 1,245 1983 1,196 1984 1,102 1985 1,092 1986 1,274 1987 1,399 1988 1,425 1989 1,520 1990 1,489 Note: No figures are available yet for 1 April 1991. 1 Full time equivalents—part time staff count as half units. Details of the numbers of staff in individual departments in the Doncaster area could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
No figures are held centrally of the number of industrial civil servants employed in the Doncaster area.