§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest figure for non-industrial civil servants employed by the central Government; and what increase he expects in this figure by this time next year.
§ Mr. CallaghanExcluding the Post Office, 434,800 at 1st July, 1966. A full assessment of the likely changes by October, 1967 has not yet been made. It is at present expected that there will be some further increase in the period up to April, 1967.
§ Mr. Robert Cookeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of non-industrial civil servants in each Government Department on 1st March and 1st October 1966, 131W respectively, and the annual cost of paying the salaries in each Department.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe number of non-industrial civil servants in Departments with more than 1,000 staff at 1st April
Non-industrial staff in post Estimates provision for salaries 1966/7 Department 1st April 1966 1st July 1966 £'000 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 14,721 14,864 19,087 Aviation … … 24,743 24,716 34,318 British Museum … … 1,172 1,203 1,437 County Courts … … 5,321 5,336 5,468 Customs and Excise … … 16,793 16,929 21,815 Defence (Central) … … 3,123 3,122 4,281 Defence (Air) … … 24,848 24,866 26,501 Defence (Army) … … 48,032 47,844 54,529 Defence (Navy) … … 32,732 33,036 41,321 Diplomatic Service … … 10,567 10,650 15,095 Education and Science … … 4,185 4,630 6,145 Export Credits Guarantee … … 1,211 1,217 1,536 General Register Office … … 1,279 1,593 1,208 Health … … 5,677 5,816 7,655 Home … … 16,066 16,442 18,807 Housing and Local Government … … 3,796 3,843 5,941 Information, Central Office … … 1,604 1,593 2,271 Inland Revenue … … 59,502 60,500 62,288 Labour … … 22,147 22,685 24,190 Land Registry … … 3,138 3,163 2,953 National Assistance … … 14,112 See Social Security 15,100 Ordnance Survey … … 3,982 3,954 4,263 Overseas Development … … 2,222 2,217 3,119 Pensions and National Insurance … … 40,954 — 37,049 Social Security … … * 55,825 *See Pensions and National Assistance Power … … 1,622 1,618 2,698 Public Building and Works … … 20,876 20,804 28,783 Stationery Office … … 3,057 3,063 3,157 Supreme Court … … 1,859 1,832 2,666 Technology … … 4,452 4,574 6,999 Trade, Board of … … 9,598 9,618 12,704 Transport … … 7,062 7,193 9,096 Treasury and subordinate departments … … 2,871 2,875 4,179 Scottish Departments Agriculture and Fisheries … … 2,785 2,835 3,376 Home and Health … … 3,229 3,233 3,705