Civil Servants

HC Deb 23 January 1973 vol 849 cc124-6W

Mr. Roper

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing for each of the standard regions the number of civil servants employed in each year since 1961, distinguishing between men and women and industrial and non-industrial civil servants.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The quarterly reports of Civil Service numbers do not now distinguish between industrial and non-industrial staff, and figures for the industrial staff distinguishing between men and women are not available. The available information is as follows:

TABLE I
NUMBER OF NON-INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVANTS IN GREAT BRITAIN
(000's)
Economic Planning Region	1st July 1966	1st July 1967	1st July 1968	1st July 1969	1st July 1970	1st July 1971	1st July 1972
	M	W	T	M	W	T	M	W	T	M	W	T	M	W	T	M	W	T	M	W	T
Northern	13.1	11.1	24.2	14.0	12.7	26.7	14.6	13.3	27.9	14.6	13.2	27.9	15.4	15.3	30.6	15.4	15.4	30.8	15.9	16.0	31.9
Yorks and Humberside	11.4	7.3	18.7	12.1	8.5	20.6	12.3	8.6	20.9	12.4	8.8	21.2	13.2	10.1	23.3	13.4	10.4	23.7	13.7	10.9	24.6
East Midlands	9.4	6.0	15.3	9.3	6.6	15.9	9.4	6.6	16.0	9.5	6.6	16.2	9.8	7.1	16.9	9.8	7.2	17.1	10.2	7.5	17.7
East Anglia	7.8	4.0	11.8	6.6	3.5	10.1	6.5	3.4	9.9	6.3	3.7	10.1	6.8	4.0	10.8	6.6	3.9	10.5	6.6	4.0	10.5
South East	130.5	72.8	203.3	136.1	78.6	214.8	139.8	82.3	222.1	136.4	80.5	216.9	142.4	88.8	231.2	141.9	88.4	230.3	137.3	91.0	228.4
South West	24.4	10.8	35.2	25.9	12.0	37.8	24.4	11.2	35.6	26.1	12.0	38.1	27.1	12.8	39.9	28.0	13.2	41.1	28.3	13.6	41.9
Wales and Monmouthshire	9.5	6.9	16.4	9.8	7.7	17.6	10.1	7.7	17.8	10.3	8.0	18.3	10.7	8.5	19.2	10.9	8.8	19.8	11.2	9.4	20.6
West Midlands	11.9	9.8	21.7	12.3	10.9	23.2	12.4	10.8	23.1	12.1	10.5	22.6	12.6	11.2	23.8	12.4	11.3	23.7	12.4	11.5	23.9
North West	20.7	15.1	35.8	21.0	17.1	38.0	21.5	17.4	38.9	21.4	17.8	39.1	23.1	21.3	44.4	23.0	21.8	44.8	22.9	22.2	45.2
Scotland	21.0	12.5	33.4	22.6	13.9	36.4	24.1	14.5	38.6	22.5	13.6	36.2	23.9	16.2	40.0	24.5	17.2	41.7	24.2	17.5	41.7

Notes:

1. Figures for pre 1966 non-industrials are not shown because then the definition of regions was different, and Post Office staff were included.

2. Any slight discrepancy between the sum of constituent items and the total is due to the figures being rounded independently.

TABLE II
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL STAFF IN GREAT BRITAIN
(000's)
Economic Planning Region	1st April 1968	1st April 1969	1st April 1970	1st April 1971
Northern, Yorkshire and Humberside and North Western	30.2	29.3	27.4	24.8
East and West Midlands	22.9	21.3	20.2	20.5
East Anglia	6.0	5.5	5.2	6.0
Inner and Outer London	23.7	23.7	24.8	23.8
Rest of South East	60.7	58.1	55.5	52.2
South Western	39.6	37.5	35.8	36.3
Wales and Monmouthshire	10.8	10.4	10.2	9.3
Scotland	21.5	21.4	21.0	20.0