§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will arrange to publish in HANSARD as much detailed information as may be readily available to show the numbers of persons engaged directly and inderectly in defence, the costs in wages and salaries, including Ministers and junior Ministers, and the total costs of defence expenditure for each of the years from January 1965 to 1970, and an exact comparison with the five years preceding January, 1965.
§ Mr. HealeySuch information as is readily available is shown below:
NUMBERS DIRECTLY EMPLOYED IN DEFENCE* Mid Year '000 1960 … … 1,020 1961 … … 995 1962 … … 945 1963 … … 870† 1964 … … 850 1965 … … 830 1966 … … 825 1967 … … 820 1968 … … 780 1969 … … 740 * Includes only members of the Armed Forces both United Kingdom and locally enlisted; and directly employed civilians, both United Kingdom and locally engaged, of the Ministry of Defence and Service Departments. † In 1963 about 50,000 staff were transferred to the Ministry of Public Building and Works.
DEFENCE BUDGET EXPENDITURE AND THE COST OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED DIRECTLY ON THE DEFENCE PROGRAMME Defence Budget Cost of Personnel § £m. £m. 1960–61 … … 1,612 559 1961–62 … … 1,694 568 1962–63 … … 1,767 590* 1963–64 … … 1,811 588 1964–65 … … 1,941 631 1965–66 … … 2,058 656 1966–67 … … 2,141 727 1967–68 … … 2,236 753 1968–69 … … 2,252† 779† 1969–70 … … 2,266‡ 756‡ * Includes approximately £20 million in respect of staff transferred to Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1963–64. † Provisional out-turn. ‡ Original estimate. § Includes only the pay and allowances of members of the Armed Forces and of the civilian employees of the Ministry of Defence and Service Departments, with the exception of those directly employed on equipment production (e.g. in the Royal Dockyards and Royal Ordnance Factories) and of industrial staff directly employed on works in the years 1960–61 to 1962–63.