HC Deb 25 July 1967 vol 751 c103W
Mr. Luard

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the total numbers in the Civil Service in 1900, 1939, 1950 and 1965.

Mr. MacDermot

145,000, 387,000, 685,000 and 698,000 respectively, excluding industrial civil servants, but including the Post Office.