Government Staff (Hansard, 13 July 1994)

HC Deb 13 July 1994 vol 246 c599W 599W

§ Mr. Burns
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 April.

§ Mr. Portillo
On 1 April 1994 there were 533,350 permanent staff in post in central Government, which is a new post-war low. This is a decrease of nearly 20,900 in the last year.
Of the total staff in post 487,435 were non-industrials and 45,915 were classified as being in industrial work.
A summary showing staff in post by Department has been placed in the Libraries of the House.