§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff are employed by his Department; and what proportion of them are employed in each of the standard regions.
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§ Mr. NorrisAccording to the Department's personnel information system, there were 13,697 employees on the payroll of the Department, including its eight agencies, as at 1 October 1994. The regional breakdown is:
Region Numbers Per cent. Eastern 282 2.06 East Midlands 573 4.18 London 2,962 21.63 N. Ireland 25 0.18 North West 745 5.44 Northern 387 2.83 Scotland 649 4.74 South East 2,327 16.99 South West 1,000 7.30 Wales 3,258 23.79 West Midlands 819 5.98 Yorks & Humberside 662 4.83 Overseas 8 0.06 Total 13,697