Departmental Staff

Mr. Grocott
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff are employed by his Department; and what proportion of them are employed in each of the standard regions.

Mr. Douglas Hogg
[holding answer 23 May 1990]: The table shows the permanent staff employed by the Department (part-time staff are counted as half): -----------------------------------------------------------------------
|Total staff in post (including executive agencies) as at 1 April 1990|
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|Northern Ireland        |
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|Scotland                |
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|Wales                   |
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|North                   |
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|North West              |
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|Yorkshire and Humberside|
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|East Midlands           |
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|West Midlands           |
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|South West              |
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|South East              |
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|East Anglia             |
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