§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants of all grades were employed by every Government Department on the latest date for which figures are available; what is the annual cost of employing them; and what proportion of the total working population they constitute.
§ Mr. HayhoeAt 1 January 1981, the latest date for which figures are available centrally, there were 695,100 civil servants. This is about 2½ per cent. of the United Kingdom working population. Estimates provision for pay and employers' national insurance contribution in 1981–82 is £5,002 million.