HC Deb 02 November 1948 vol 457 cc54-7W
Sir W. Smithers

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish details of the industrial staffs of Government Departments under the same headings as those under which civil staffs are shown in Command Paper No. 7522.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

These are as follow:

STATEMENT RELATING TO THE INDUSTRIAL CIVIL STAFFS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON 1ST JULY, 1948, AS COMPARED WITH THE STAFFS EMPLOYED ON 1ST APRIL, 1948
Department Numbers of Staff at 1st April, 1948 Numbers of Staff at 1st July 1948 Increase (+) Or Decrease (-) over quarter
A
I. AGENCY SERVICES:—
Stationery Office 4,432 4,449 + 17
Ministry of Works 33,542 33,224 - 318
*Other Agency Departments 702 785 + 83
TOTAL FOR AGENCY DEPARTMENTS 38,676 38,458 - 218
II. TRADE, INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT:—
Department of Agriculture for Scotland 1,463 1,451 - 12
Ministry of Civil Aviation 2,066 2,137 - 1
Forestry of Transport 1,278 1,143 - 135
*Other Department in this Group 4,037 4,088 + 51
TOTAL FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT 21,514 21,488 - 26
III. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, HOME AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS:—
Home Office 1,236 1,273 + 37
*Other Departments in this Group 1,456 1,442 - 14
TOTAL FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, HOME AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT 2,692 2,715 + 23
IV. SOCIAL SERVICES:—
Ministry of Labour 1,181 1,069 - 112
*Others Social Services Department 240 247 + 7
TOTAL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 1,421 1,316 - 105
V. FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL SERVICES:—
*All Department in this Group 109 80 - 29
VI. REVENUE DEPARTMENTS (Other than Post Officce):— 59 54 - 29
GRAND TOTAL 64,471 64,111 - 360
B
POST OFFICE 65,867 66,662 - 205
C
DEFENCE DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRY OF SUPPLY:—
Admiralty 99,088 95,394 - 3,694
War Office 62,180 60,986 - 1,194
Air Ministry 41,559 40,332 - 1,227
Ministry of Supply 61,827 62,568 + 741
*Other Departments in this Group 4 3 - 1
TOTAL FOR SERVICE AND SUPPLY DEPARTMENTS 264,658 259,283 - 5,375
Non-industrial staffs are excluded throughout.
Part-time staffs are included—two part-timers being reckoned as equivalent to one whole-tinier.
*Departments with staffs totalling less than 1,000 at 1st July, 1948, have been included in these totals and not shown separately.