§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total cost of the Civil Service as a proportion of gross national product in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mrs. HartThe total cost of the Civil Service, taking this to mean the salary and wage bill of the non-industrial Civil Service, excluding the Post Office, was 1.6 per cent. of the gross national product from 1958 to 1966, and 1.7 per cent. in 1967.