§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants were employed in all Government Department, on 1st January in each 31W year from 1951 to date; and what was their total cost.
Civil Servants (excluding Post Office) At 1st January Industrial Non-Industrial Numbers Numbers Total Salaries and Wages (Thousands) (Thousands) £ millions 1951 … … … 325.6 425.6 205 Year ending 30th September 1952 … … … 339.8 435.6 233 1953 … … … 352.4 419.7 239 1954 … … … 359.5 409.0 249 1955 … … … 348.5 387.3 256 1956 … … … 341.3 386.3 262 Year ending 31st March 1957 … … … 333.1 385.2 291 1958 … … … 310.0 380.0 303 1959 … … … 286.1 377.1 316 1960 … … … 274.8 381.6 343 1961 … … … 268.5 386.3 371 1962 … … … 266.7 396.7 388 1963 … … … 265.7 406.2 408 1964 … … … 256.8 415.4 Not yet available (The numbers of staff are published in the Annual Abstract of Statistics and in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.)