§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the number of Government employees on 1 April 1974 and at 31 December 1980.
§ Mr. HayhoeI can answer only for the Civil Service. At 1 January 1981 there were 695,100 staff in post—542,800 non-industrial and 152,300 industrial. The total figure for 1 April 1974 on a comparable basis was 697,400.