§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary al State for Defence what changes there have been, since October, 1964, in the number of men and women in the Armed Services in the respective totals of established and non-established civil servants employed by his Department and in the respective numbers of non-industrial and industrial staff at home and overseas.
§ Mr. Hattersley:The available information is as follows:
1st October, 1964(estimated) 1st April, 1970 Service personnel U.K. and Locally engaged (men and women) 455,900 392,550 *Established and unestablished civil servants at home and overseas (non-industrial plus industrial) 386,385 326,613 †(Non-industrial civil servants at home and overseas 130,223 129,964 †(Industrial civil servants at home and overseas 256,162 196,649 * These figures cannot readily be divided between established and unestablished staff. †A large number of industrial civil servants have been given non-industrial status since 1964.