§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish figures showing the total number of civil servants employed in each year since 1960, together with the main departmental totals.
§ Mr. ChannonThe number of civil servants in post, analysed by Department, and at 1 January for each of the years 1969 to 1979, is published in "Civil Service Statistics 1979" (table 2). Figures for each of the years 1965 to 1968 are shown in "Civil Service Statistics 1975". Copies are available in the Library. For 1960 to 1964, the number of civil servants in post at 1 January in each year was as follows:
1960 … … … … … 656,400 1961 … … … … … 654,800 1962 … … … … … 662,400 1963 … … … … … 670,900 1964 … … … … … 672,200 There have been numerous organisational changes in the Civil Service since 1960 and consistent series of figures for individual Departments could not be derived without disproportionate cost.