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Mr. Gow
asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many civil servants were employed by his Department on 1st January 1975 and on 1st March 1974.
Mr. Shore
7,303 on 1st January 1975 and 7,016 on 1st April 1974, the first date for which information was collected following the creation of my Department on 5th March 1974.