Civil Servants

Mr. Gow
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many civil servants were employed in his Department on 1st January 1975 and on the same date in each of the three preceding years.

Mr. Prentice
The figures are as follows: ---------------------
|January 1975 |2,887|
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|January 1974 |2,915|
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|January, 1973|3,236|
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|January 1972 |3,245|
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