§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give the monthly rise or fall in the numbers 161W of civil servants employed in all the Government Departments for each of the months of the calendar year of 1970.
§ Mr. David HowellThere have been rises in non-industrial staff numbers of 380, 790, 490, 540, 1,440, 985, 660, 1,575, 510 and 1,330 respectively in each month from January, 1970, onwards. End-year figures are not yet available.