§ 10. Sir Richard Glynasked the Minister of Power what was the total number of civil servants employed by his Department full time and part time, respectively, at the last convenient date; and what increases or decreases these figures represent on the comparable figures for October, 1964, and August, 1965.
§ Dr. BrayThe numbers were 1,676 and 58 on 1st July, eleven more and four less, respectively, than in October, 1964, and 36 less and four less than in August, 1965.
§ Sir Richard GlynWill the Parliamentary Secretary agree that, in view of the national economic emergency, it is very much in the national interest that the number of civil servants in his Department, and in all Departments, should be kept as low as is consistent with efficiency? 227 Will he give his estimate of what the effect on the number of civil servants needed in his Department would be if the Government's policy with regard to the nationalisation of steel were to be implemented?