§ 109. Brigadier Raynerasked the Minister of Labour how many individuals are employed, according to the latest available figures, as civil servants, members of the Forces, local government employees and as employees of nationalised undertakings.
§ Mr. IsaacsFollowing is the reply:
The latest date for which information is available for all of the categories in question is June, 1950. The numbers employed at that date were as follow:
1. Non-industrial staff in the Civil Service 700,000 2. Other national Government employees (e.g., industrial staffs of Royal Dockyards, Royal Ordnance Factories, etc.) 395,000 3. H.M. Forces and Women's Services (at home and abroad) 690,000 4. Local Government employees (including teachers and other school staffs, police, staffs of municipal transport, water supply and other industrial undertakings) 1,420,000 5. British Transport Commission, National Coal Board, Hospital Boards, Gas Council, British Electricity Authority, and other nationalised undertakings and public bodies including all industrial employees 2,510,000 Precise figures are not available for some parts of the field covered by the foregoing items, but approximate estimates have been included in those cases. Part-time workers have been counted as full units.