§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many staff were employed in his Ministry in(a) 1980 and (b) 1990 in (i) regional and divisional offices, (ii) the Agricultural Development Advisory Service, (iii) the state veterinary service, (iv) publicity and (v) total.
§ Mr. GummerThe position at 1 April 1980 and 1 April 1990 was as follows:
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1980 1990 Regional and divisional offices 3,324.0 2,079.5 Agricultural Development and Advisory Service 3,813.0 12,625.5 State veterinary service 1.627.0 2855.0 Publicity 131.5 383.0 1 Excludes 164 staff in the Plant Health and Seed Inspectorate and the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate who are no longer part of ADAS.
2 Excludes 663.5 staff now in the Central Veterinary La boratory and Veterinary Medicines Directorate Executive Agencies.
3 These figures cover all Information Division staff, including librarians and translators because the staff-in-post records for 1980 do not distinguish between staffdealing with press and public relations matters and other Information Division staff. Of the 83 staff in Information Division in 1990, 23 were engaged on publicity related work.
Total MAFF staff in post were 13,758 in 1980 and 9,848 in 1990.