§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the number of qualified scientists and engineers in the employment of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, the Forestry Commission, the Home Office, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Ministry of Overseas Development, the Ministry of Public Building and Works, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Technology, and the Ministry of Defence, respectively, at the beginning of 1970, broken down into those employed in Scotland, England and Wales.
§ Mr. ShoreThe numbers employed at 1st January, 1970, are shown in the table below.
to give an exact comparison of the number of Ministers, civil servants, wages and salaries and costs of government for each month from October, 1964 until January, 1970 and similar details from 309W the same period of time preceding October, 1964.
§ Mr. ShoreDetails information over the period on a comparable basis is fully and readily available only in respect of the dates set out in the following tables:
Number of Ministers 1st July, 1959 … … 82 1st January, 1960 … … 82 1st January, 1961 … … 82 1st January, 1962 … … 88 1st January, 1963 … … 90 1st January, 1964 … … 90 1st October, 1964 … … 90 1st January, 1965 … … 110 1st January, 1966 … … 110 1st January, 1967 … … 109 1st January, 1968 … … 106 1st January, 1969 … … 105 1st January, 1970 … … 100
NON-INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STAFF IN THE CIVIL SERVICE* Non-Industrials Industrials Totals 1st July, 1959 373,300 269,100 642,400 1st January, 1960 376,400 262,500 638,900 1st January, 1961 381,000 256,600 637,600 1st January, 1962 391,500 254,000 645,500 1st January, 1963 400,800 253,500 654,300 1st January, 1964 410,100 245,700 655,800 1st October, 1964 412,900 239,500 652,400 1st January, 1965 413,800 237,900 651,700 1st January, 1966 423,600 233,300 656,900 1st January, 1967 445,300 229,300 674,600 1st January, 1968 467,700 223,500 691,200 1st January, 1969 470,600 217,100 687,700 1st January, 1970 491,300 210,700 702,000 * This table does not include Post Office staff.
SALARIES, WAGES, AND RELATED COSTS* £'000 1959–60 … … 515,236 1960–61 … … 548,497 1961–62 … … 574,055 1962–63 … … 608,843 1963–64 … … 636,425 1964–65 … … 683,667 1965–66 … … 734,508 1966–67 … … 793,054 1967–68 … … 872,060 1968–69 … … 946,603 1969–70 … … 1,031,304 * These figures are based on annual Estimates provision.