HC Deb 28 April 1971 vol 816 c141W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the number of civil servants who work in the London area; and what is the number and work location, by area, of those civil servants employed outside London.

Mr. David Howell

The following table gives the estimated numbers of non-industrial civil servants by location of employment at 1st January, 1971:

Location Estimated Number in Thousands
Inner London 102.8
Outer London 46.7
Remainder of South-Eastern Economic Planning Region 80.3
Other Economic Planning Regions in Great Britain:
Northern 31.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 23.4
East Midlands 17.0
East Anglia 10.8
South-Western 40.7
Wales and Monmouthshire 19.5
West Midlands 23.6
North-Western 44.4
Scotland 41.4
Northern Ireland 3.6
Elsewhere 14.3