Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Civil Service Staff – 5 April 1989

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Civil Service Staff on 5th April 1989.

Mr. Couchman To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of staff in post in central Government Departments at 1 January.

Mr. Major On 1 January 1989 there were 571,649½ staff in post in central Government Departments. Of these 500,981½ were non-industrials and 70,668 were industrials.