§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many staff are employed by his Department; and what proportion of them are employed in each of the standard regions.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe total number of permanent staff employed by my Department on 1 October was 10,594— part-time staff are counted as half. The proportion employed in each standard region is shown in the following table:
Proportion by standard region Percentage of total Northern Ireland 0.05 Scotland 4.05 Wales 17.62 North 2.19 North West 3.29 Yorkshire and Humberside 2.49 East Midlands 2.10 West Midlands 4.06 South West 2.23 South East 160.70 East Anglia 1.22 1 of which London—Inner–46.06 per cent., Outer–11.94 per cent. Rest of South East–2.7 per cent.