§ Lord O'HAGAN asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ The number of
- (i) clerks in both Houses of Parliament; and
- (ii) civil servants
§ Lord SHEPHERD(i) Civil Servants. Records of non-industrial Civil Service staff from 1902 and total Civil Service staff numbers (i.e. non-industrial and industrial) from 1939 are given in Table 1 of the publication Civil Service Statistics 1970 to which I would refer the noble Lord. Similar information is not available before these dates. The following figures bring up to date those in the Table:
(ii) Clerks in both Houses of Parliament
Year(1st April) Non-Industrial Industrial (Thousands) Total 1971 498 202 700 1972 496 194 690 1973 511 189 700 1974 512 180 692 1975 524 177 701 1976 (1st January) 565 180 745 The figures given below, which cover the same period as that for which Civil 356 Service figures are available, do not include supporting staff. The figures for the Lords include the Clerks in the Record Office, serving both Houses of Parliament.
| CLERKS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS | |
| 1902 | 19 |
| 1939 | 14 |
| 1944 | 13 |
| 1949 | 14 |
| 1954 | 15 |
| 1959 | 15 |
| 1960 | 15 |
| 1961 | 15 |
| 1962 | 15 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1964 | 14 |
| 1965 | 15 |
| 1966 | 15 |
| 1967 | 15 |
| 1968 | 14 |
| 1969 | 15 |
| 1970 | 16 |
| 1971 | 15 |
| 1972 | 16 |
| 1973 | 17 |
| 1974 | 18 |
| 1975 | 20 |
| 1976 | 20 |
| (plus 1 temporary) |
| CLERKS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS | |
| 1902 | 19 |
| 1939 | 14 |
| 1944 | 13 |
| 1949 | 14 |
| 1954 | 15 |
| 1959 | 15 |
| 1960 | 15 |
| 1961 | 15 |
| 1962 | 15 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1964 | 14 |
| 1965 | 15 |
| 1966 | 15 |
| 1967 | 15 |
| 1968 | 14 |
| 1969 | 15 |
| 1970 | 16 |
| 1971 | 15 |
| 1972 | 16 |
| 1973 | 17 |
| 1974 | 18 |
| 1975 | 20 |
| 1976 | 20 |
| (plus 1 temporary) |
| CLERKS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | |
| 1902 | 37 |
| 1939 | 26 |
| 1944 | 23 |
| (plus 5 temporaries) | |
| 1949 | 29 |
| (plus 3 temporaries) | |
| 1954 | 33 |
| 1959 | 34 |
| 1960 | 34 |
| 1961 | 35 |
| 1962 | 35 |
| 1963 | 36 |
| 1964 | 36 |
| (plus 2 temporaries) | |
| 1965 | 36 |
| 1966 | 36 |
| 1967 | 37 |
| (plus 2 temporaries) | |
| 1968 | 38 |
| (plus 1 temporary) | |
| 1969 | 42 |
| (plus 3 temporaries) | |
| 1970 | 41 |
| (plus 4 temporaries) | |
| 1971 | 43 |
| (plus 4 temporaries) | |
| 1972 | 45 |
| (plus 4 temporaries) | |
| 1973 | 39 |
| (plus 6 temporaries) | |
| 1974 | 38 |
| (plus 6 temporaries) | |
| 1975 | 41 |
| (plus 7 temporaries) | |
| 1976 | 43 |
| (plus 9 temporaries) |
§ House adjourned at seventeen minutes before ten o'clock.