HC Deb 08 March 1966 vol 725 cc459-60W
Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of non-industrial civil servants per 100 of the working population in each of the last five years; and what is the percentage trend shown by these figures.

Mr. Diamond

The following is the information requested:

NON-INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVANTS
Per 100 of the working population
Year(1st July) Excluding Post Office Including Post Office
1960 1.53 2.55
1961 1.55 2.56
1962 1.56 2.63
1963 1.61 2.68
1964 1.62 2.69
1965 1.63 (2.72)
3.13*
(1st January)
1966 1.64 31.7
* Over 100,000 post office staff formerly classified as industrial were regraded as non-industrial in April, 1965.