§ Mr. Priorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of civil servants according to the latest figures available; and the totals for the years 1951, 1955, 1959.
§ Mr. BarberThe total number of non-industrial civil servants at the 1st October, 1960, was 641,335.
On 1st October, 1951, 1955 and 1959 the numbers were:
1951 … … … 685,447 1955 … … … 636,098 1959 … … … 638,299