§ Mrs. Ann CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. [104025]
§ Dr. ReidThe following figures illustrate the number of staff in the core Scottish Office departments at 1 April 1999.
Number of staff at 1 April 1999 Full-time equivalent Age band Men Women All staff 16–19 28.0 30.0 58.0 20–24 122.0 111.6 233.6 25–29 202.0 232.5 434.5 30–34 258.8 244.2 503.0 35–39 266.6 261.1 527.7 40–44 310.7 261.8 572.5 45–19 319.0 235.3 554.3 50 or over 512.7 310.2 822.9 Total 2,019.8 1,686.7 3,706.5 There are no comparable figures available for April 1979. However, some information may be found in Civil Service Statistics which is published annually and is available in the Library.