Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Government Manpower – 17 December 1987

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Government Manpower on 17th December 1987.

Mr. Patrick Thompson To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 October.

Mr. Major At 1 October 1987 there were 585,070 staff in post in central Government Departments. Of these, 509,133 were non-industrials and 75,937 were industrials.