HC Deb 19 June 1947 vol 438 cc234-6W
59. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of the industrial staff of Government Departments on the same bases as the details given in Cmd. 7139.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The answer is as follows:

INDUSTRIAL CIVIL STAFFS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON 1ST APRIL, 1947 AS COMPARED WITH THE STAFFS EMPLOYED ON 1ST JANUARY, 1947
Department. Numbers of Staff at 1st January, 1947. Numbers of Staff at 1st April, 1947. Increase (+) or Decrease (-) over quarter.
I. SERVICE AND SUPPLY DEPARTMENTS:—
Admiralty 104,996 104,859 — 138
War Office 60,263 59,315 — 948
Air Ministry 40,848 39,195 — 1,653
Ministry of Supply 77,958 73,567 — 4,391
TOTAL FOR SERVICE AND SUPPLY DEPARTMENTS 284,065 276,935 — 7,130
II. POST OFFICE AND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS:—
Post Office 61,606 63,437 + 1,831
*Other Revenue Departments 66 64 — 2
TOTAL FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS 61,672 63,501 + 1,829
III. AGENCY SERVICES:—
Stationery Office 4,585 4,592 + 7
Ministry of Works 27,857 28,838 + 981
*Other Agency Departments 358 384 + 26
TOTAL FOR AGENCY DEPARTMENTS 32,800 33,814 + 1,014
IV. TRADE, INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT:—
Department of Agriculture for Scotland 1,491 1,471 — 20
Ministry of Civil Aviation 1,200 1,232 + 32
Forestry Commission 7,087 8,249 + 1,162
Board of Trade 2,582 2,098 — 484
Ministry of Transport 2,499 2,391 — 108
*Other Departments in this Group 3,583 3,345 — 238
TOTAL FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT 18,442 18,786 + 344
V. SOCIAL SERVICES:—
Ministry of Labour 1,863 2,051 + 188
*Other Social Service Departments 292 283 —
TOTAL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 2,155 2,334 + 179
VI. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, HOME AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS:—
*All Departments in this Group 2,040 1,955 — 85
TOTAL FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, HOME AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS 2,040 1,955 — 85
VII. FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL SERVICES:—
*All Departments in this Group 140 174 + 34
TOTAL FOR FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL SERVICES 140 174 + 34
VIII. RESERVED AND AGENCY SERVICES, NORTHERN IRELAND 1,036 1,040 + 4
GRAND TOTAL 402,350 398,539 — 3,811
Non-industrial staffs are excluded throughout.
Part-time staffs are included—two part-timers being reckoned as equivalent to one whole timer.
*Departments with staffs totalling less than 1,000, at 1st April, 1947, have been included in these totals and not shown separately.