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Mr. Rooker
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total numbers of staff serving in local offices of his Department for each month this year.
Mrs. Chalker
The numbers of staff in post in local offices on the first day of each month this year were as follows:
| Permanent staff | |
| January | 64,639 |
| February | 65,073 |
| March | 65,178 |
| April | 65,207 |
| May | 65,197 |
| June | 64,954 |
| July | 64,657 |
| August | 64,522 |
| September | 64,047 |
| October | 63,662 |
| Casual staff | |
| January | 1,939 |
| February | 2,063 |
| March | 1,984 |
| April | 1,741 |
| May | 1,475 |
| June | 1,512 |
| July | 1,511 |
| August | 1,625 |
| September | 1,470 |
| October | 1,237 |