asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for each of the last five years the total number of industrial and non-industrial civil servants at the beginning of each year; and, during the year, if he will List (a) the number who left the service on reaching retirement age, (b) the number who voluntarily left the service before reaching retirement age, (c) the number who were made involuntarily redundant, (d) the number who were dismissed and (e) the number who entered the service

The staff in post figures are as follows: