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Mr. Gow
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants were employed by his Department on 1st January 1975 and on the same date in each of the three preceding years.
Mr. Roy Jenkins
The figures are as follows:
| 1st January 1975 | 30,288(a) |
| 1st January 1974 | 28,261 |
| 1st January 1973 | 28,462(b) |
| 1st January 1972 | 27,254 |
Notes ( a) the 1st January 1975 figure includes 348 staff transferred to the Home Office from the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications;
( b) the 1st January 1973 figure includes 744 staff employed in the former Carlisle and District State Management Scheme.