§ 35. Captain Pilkingtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to how many people, approximately, and in what categories, the Government pay wages.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftAs the Answer involves a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the information:
§ The Government at present pay wages or salaries to about 1,913,000 people—industrial and non-industrial civil servants in this country and overseas, and serving members of Her Majesty's Forces. The figure is made up as follows:
| Civil Service | |
| Non-industrial staff | 651,000 |
| Industrial staff | 408,000 |
| Locally engaged non-industrial staff abroad | 39,000 |
| Locally engaged industrial staff abroad | 113,000 |
| Civil Service total | 1,211,000 |
| H.M. Forces (Regulars) and National Service men | 702,000 |
| Grand total | 1,913,000 |