§ Mr. Andersonasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list separately for the past 10 years the number of Civil Service jobs created in Wales.
§ Mr. ShoreI regret that figures are not available in the form of the Question. But the number of non-industrial civil servants employed in Wales and Mon-mouthshire (excluding staff of the former General Post Office) in each of the years 1964 to 1970 was:
1964 (1st July) 16,036 1965 (1st July) 15,849 1966 (1st July) 16,398 1967 (1st July) 17,568 1968 (1st July) 17,812 1969 (1st July) 18,681 1970 (1st January) 18,789 (Part-time staff are counted as one-half in each case.)
Comparable information for 1960 to 1963 is not available.