§ Mr. Arbuthnotasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a table showing the reductions in staff employed in Government service, by years and by convenient salary groups.
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§ Mr. H. BrookeThe figures asked for are not available by salary groups, but the following table shows the reductions in non-industrial Civil Service staff
NON-INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVANTS Staff Group 1st January, 1952 1st January, 1953 1st January, 1954 1st July, 1954 1. Administrative (Home) … 3,070 2,885 2,808 2,788 2. Administrative (Foreign) … 874 779 724 706 3. General Executive … 41,768 39,745 39,063 38,524 4. Departmental Executive … 30,863 31,052 30,286 30,651 5. General Clerical … 111,687 106,784 101,162 98,504 6. Departmental Clerical … 34,238 32,918 32,613 32,441 7. Clerical Assistants and Temporary Clerks III … 72,456 66,314 63,160 61,616 8. Typing … 31,043 29,346 29,003 28,483 9. Inspectorate … 3,531 3,281 3,151 2,966 10. Messengers, Porters, etc … 41,713 39,737 38,628 38,405 11. Post Office Manipulative … 204,308 201,819 201,265 199,818 12. Professional, Scientific and Technical I … 25,278 23,900 23,777 23,626 13. Scientific and Technical II … 49,164 52,925 51,726 52,396 14. Ancillary Technical … 38,442 37,051 40,019 39,818 TOTAL … 688,435 668,536 657,385 650,742