HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 c6W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the figures for total Civil Service manpower in 1959, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1979 and 1989, giving the percentage of the total working population which these figures represented in each of these years.

Mr. Brooke

[holding answer 28 April 1989]: The information requested is as follows:

Civil Service manpower
Year Thousands Percentage of work force
1959 647 2.7
1964 658 2.7
1970 701 2.8
1974 692 2.8
1979 732 2.8
1989 572 2.0