HC Deb 03 February 1931 vol 247 c1647W
Sir A. POWNALL

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total average number of non-industrial civil servants employed in Departments other than the Post Office in the years 1914, 1923, and 1929 and 1930?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

The information desired is as follows:

1913–4 78,149
1923–4 132,561
1928–9 117,333
1929–30 118,544