§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of non-industrial civil servants
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NON-INDUSTRIAL STAFF IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Department Staff in Post at 1st October, 1964 Staff in Post at 1st January, 1966 Agricultural Research Council … … … 99 * Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of … … … 14,739 14,554 Ancient Monuments (Wales and Mons.) R.C. … … … 13 14 Aviation, Ministry of … … … 24,418 24,715 British Museum … … … 979 1,079 British Museum (Natural History) … … … 526 536 Cabinet Office … … … 391 408 Charity Commission … … … 244 275 Civil Service Commission … … … 581 628 Civil Service Pay Research Unit … … … 31 34 Colonial Office … … … 629 600 Commonwealth Relations Office … … … 1,806 † County Courts … … … 5,162 5,271 Crown Estate Office … … … 133 128 Customs and Excise … … … 15,852 16,633 Defence (Central), Ministry of … … … 2,523 3,081 Defence (Air Force), Ministry of … … … 26,035 25,006 Defence (Army), Ministry of … … … 48,704 48,044 Defence (Navy), Ministry of … … … 32,126 32,550 Development Commission … … … 21 * Economic Affairs, Department of … … … — 517 Education and Science, Department of … … … 3,441 3,904 Exchequer and Audit … … … 545 541 Export Credits Guarantee Department … … … 1,092 1,168 Fine Art Commission, Royal … … … 6 5 Foreign Office† … … … 7,775 10,249 Forestry Commission … … … 2,775 * Friendly Societies Registry … … … 105 105 General Register Office … … … 1,196 1,239 Government Actuary … … … 43 48 Health, Ministry of … … … 5,232 5,613 Health, Welsh Board of … … … 184 183 Historical Manuscripts Commission … … … 14 14 Historical Monuments (England) R.C. … … … 60 69 Home Office … … … 15,134 15,771 Housing and Local Government, Ministry of … … … 3,192 3,565 Housing and Local Government, Welsh Office of … … … 227 — Imperial War Museum … … … 97 107 Information, Central Office of … … … 1,490 1,595 Inland Revenue … … … 56,465 58,958 Labour, Ministry of … … … 20,781 21,613 Land and Natural Resources, Ministry of … … … — 270 Land Registry … … … 2,636 3,019 Law Officers' Department … … … 9 9 Local Government Commission for England … … … 40 31 London Museum … … … 71 66 Mint … … … 202 253 National Assistance Board … … … 13,241 13,884 National Board for Prices and Incomes … … … — 87 National Debt Office … … … 50 51 National Economic Development Office … … … — 107 National Gallery … … … 150 166 National Maritime Museum … … … 126 122 National Parks Commission … … … 24 31 National Portrait Gallery … … … 45 49 National Savings Committee … … … 632 622 Ordnance Survey … … … 3,893 3,906 Paymaster General's Office … … … 640 631 Pensions and National Insurance, Ministry of … … … 40,035 40,567 in each Government Department on 16th October, 1964, and on 1st March, 1966, respectively.
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Department Staff in Post at 1st October 1964 Staff in Post at 1st January 1966 Post Office … … … 277,331 395,474‡ Power, Ministry of … … … 1,615 1,636 Privy Council Office … … … 30 33 Public Building and Works, Ministry of … … … 20,727 20,853 Public Prosecutions Department … … … 106 107 Public Record Office … … … 219 220 Public Trustee … … … 559 532 Public Works Loan Board … … … 53 53 Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements … … … 111 102 Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of … … … 5,373 — Stationery Office … … … 2,966 3,030 Supreme Court of Judicature … … … 1,812 1,859 Supreme Court (N. Ireland) … … … 106 107 Tate Gallery … … … 119 136 Technical Co-operation, Department of … … … 1,623 2,186§ Technology, Ministry of … … … — 4,245 Trade, Board of … … … 7,883 9,743 Transport, Ministry of … … … 7,810 6,903 Treasury … … … 1,500 1,609 Treasury Subordinate Departments … … … 126 120 Treasury Solicitor … … … 354 378 Wallace Collection … … … 62 64 Welsh Office … … … — 427 Total United Kingdom (except Scottish Departments) … … … 687,145 812,508 Scottish Departments Accountant of Court … … … 20 20 Agriculture and Fisheries, Department of … … … 2,618 2,763 Ancient Monuments (Scotland) R.C. … … … 14 12 Court of Justiciary … … … 7 7 Court of Session … … … 80 83 Crown Office … … … 13 14 Exchequer (Q.L.T.R.) … … … 63 65 General Register Office (Scotland) … … … 182 229 Lord Advocate's Department … … … 12 13 National Galleries (Scotland) … … … 75 79 National Library (Scotland) … … … 111 116 National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland … … … 26 28 Procurator Fiscal Service … … … 182 194 Registers of Scotland … … … 256 267 Royal Observatory Edinburgh … … … 41 — Scottish Development Department … … … 701 763 Scottish Education Department … … … 663 727 Scottish Home and Health Department … … … 2,931 3,177 Scottish Land Court … … … 19 19 Scottish Law Commission … … … — 12 Scottish Record Office … … … 79 82 Scottish Savings Committee … … … 55 56 Sheriff Clerk Service … … … 308 318 Total Scottish Departments … … … 8,456 9,044 Total All Departments … … … 695,601 821,552 Total all Departments except Post Office … … … 418,270 426,078 * Staff of these Grant-aided authorities are no longer counted as civil servants. † On 1st January, 1965, Foreign Office and Commonwealth Relations Office were combined to form the Diplomatic Service. ‡ Nearly all Post Office Industrial staff were reclassified as non-industrial on 1st April, 1965. § Ministry of Overseas Development.