Ministers

HC Deb 01 November 1999 vol 337 c2W

Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Prime Minister what was the total number of Government Ministers on 1 January for each year since 1979. [96190]

The Prime Minister

The information is given in the table for January each year.

Date	Number of ministers
22 January 1979	109
21 January 1980	106
19 January 1981	106
18 January 1982	107
17 January 1983	107
16 January 1984	102
14 January 1985	106
20 January 1986	106
12 January 1987	107
11 January 1988	105
16 January 1989	106
15 January 1990	106
21 January 1991	108
20 January 1992	108
18 January 1993	108
11 January 1994	107
10 January 1995	109
10 January 1996	109
9 January 1997	109
13 January 1997	109
12 January 1998	113
11 January 1999	115
27 October 1999	109