§ Sir S. McAddenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increase there has been in the numbers of non-industrial civil servants between October, 1964, and the latest available date; and what is the additional cost of their salaries.
§ Mr. MacDermotExcluding the Post Office the increase to 1st April, 1966, was 14,900. In a full year their salaries would be of the order of £10 million.