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Mr. R. C. Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants were employed by his Department on 1 May 1979; and what was the equivalent figure for 31 December.
Mr. Nicholas Edwards
Expressed as full-time equivalents—that is, with part-timers counted as half units—and excluding casual staff, the figures are 2,613 and 2,531 respectively.