§ Mr. Arthur Jonesasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants of all grades are employed in Great Britain; and what this represents as a percentage of total number of persons in employment.
§ Mr. David HowellThere were 495,000 non-industrial and 205,750 industrial Civil Servants in post in United Kingdom Government Departments on 1st June, 1970, a total of 700,750. This is about 3 per cent. of the total number of persons in employment.