HC Deb 23 February 1966 vol 725 c92W
Mr. Peter Walker

asked the Postmaster-General what were the numbers of persons employed on the staff of his Department on 1st October, 1964, and 1st February, 1966.

Mr. Joseph Slater

The numbers of persons employed on the staff of the Post Office on these dates were 381,767 and 396,400 respectively. These figures include about 29,000 part-time staff counted as half each but exclude nearly 23,000 sub-postmasters employed on an agency basis.