Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cumulative total of investment in equipment designed to streamline the operation of the Civil Service, excluding the Armed Forces, during the past 10 years.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe cumulative total of expenditure on the provision of office machinery of all kinds for the Civil Service, excluding Defence Departments and the General Post Office during the ten years 1955–56 to 1964–65 was £15,280,000.
Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present strength of the Civil Service, excluding Armed Forces personnel; and what percentage of the total working 23W population of the United Kingdom this represents.
§ Mr. MacDermot
Numbers of civil servants in post at 1st July, 1965 Percentage of Total Working Population of the United Kingdom (thousands) Excluding Post Office: Non-Industrial 420.4 1.6 Industrial 234.5 0.9 Including Post Office: Non-Industrial 806.0 3.1 Industrial 234.9 0.9
Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the probable strength of the Civil Service in 1975, excluding Armed Forces personnel; and what percentage of the total working population of the United Kingdom this figure is likely to represent.
§ Mr. MacDermotNo estimate can usefully be made for 1975.
Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present annual cost to the taxpayer of Civil Service personnel, excluding Armed Forces personnel, as compared with 1955, and the best estimate he can make for 1975.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe total of nonindustrial Civil Service pay was as follows:
Excluding Post Office Including Post Office £ million £ million Year ended 30th September, 1955 255 386 Year ended31st March, 1965 473 733 No estimate can usefully be made for 1975.