HC Deb 02 February 1956 vol 548 c1078
48. Captain Pilkington

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of civil servants in 1947, 1951, and 1955, respectively.

Mr. H. Brooke

On 1st October, 1955, the number of non-industrial civil servants employed was 636,098. The comparable figures for 1951 and 1947 were 685,447 and 679,144.

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