§ Mr. David Howellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give the number of non-industrial civil servants in central government in April, 1939, April, 1946, April, 1950 and April, of each subsequent year together with the most recent available figure.
§ Mr. ShoreThe numbers of United Kingdom-based non-industrial civil servants, excluding Post Office staff, at the specified dates are shown below.
The figure for 1970 includes the staff of the Department for National Savings—approximately 15,000—who were included in Post Office numbers in earlier years.
Non-Industrial Civil Servants Year Number (thousands) 1939 (1 April) … 163 1946 (1 April) … 452 1950 (1 April) … 433 1951 (1 April) … 425 1952 (1 April) … 429 1953 (1 April) … 414 1954 (1 April) … 405 1955 (1 April) … 386 1956 (1 April) … 384 1957 (1 April) … 381 1958 (1 April) … 375 1959 (1 April) … 375 1960 (1 April) … 380 1961 (1 April) … 387 1962 (1 April) … 394 1963 (1 April) … 410 1964 (1 April) … 414 1965 (1 April) … 420 1966 (1 April) … 430 1967 (1 April) … 451 1968 (1 April) … 471 1969 (1 April) … 470 1970 (1 January) … 491
COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS ADMITTED FOR SETTLEMENT 1967 1968 1969* Employment voucher holders … … 4,978 4,691 4,010 (-15%) Dependants … … 52,813 43,879 29,454 (-33%) Others … … 3,586 4,499 3,093 (-31%) Totals … … 62,377 53,069 36,557 (-31%) * Figures in brackets indicate the percentage decline from 1968.