HC Deb 22 November 1976 vol 919 cc844-6W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total number of civil servants in each of the regions of England, in Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively, during each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The estimated numbers of non-industrial civil servants in each of the English regions, in Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively, for each of the last 10 years, are given in the table below.

Comparable information for industrial civil servants is not available centrally and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

NON-INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVICE BY ECONOMIC PLANNING REGION
('000s)
At 1st July At 1st January
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
('000s
Northern … 26.7 27.9 27.9 30.3 31.5 31.5 32.0 31.8 32.4 34.5
Yorkshire and Humberside … 20.6 20.9 21.2 23 .0 23.4 24.0 24.8 25.4 27.5 29.3
East Midlands … 15.9 16.0 16.2 16.7 17.0 17.2 17.9 18.3 19.1 20.5
East Anglia … 10.1 9.9 10.1 10 .5 10.8 10.4 10.3 9.9 10.2 10.9
South East … 214.8 222.1 216.9 227.1 229.9 229.6 222.5 229.0 228.7 242.5
South West … 37.8 35.6 38.1 38.9 40.7 41.5 42.3 42.7 47.7 50.4
West Midlands … 23.2 23.1 22.6 22.9 23.6 23.5 24.2 24.9 25.5 27.6
North West … 38.0 38.9 39.1 43.1 43.6 43.9 45.8 47.9 50.0 53.9
Scotland … 36.4 38.6 36.2 39 .1 41.5 41.6 43.1 45. 0 47.4 50.8
Wales … 17.6 17.8 18.3 18. 9 20.3 210 22.8 24.4 26.3 29.5
United Kingdom Total* … 444.5 454.2 450.1 474.0 485.9 487.7 489.4 503.2 518.9 554.2
* The United Kingdom total also includes those staff serving in Northern Ireland.
The Manpower Services Commission and its attendant agencies have been included throughout.