§ Mr. William Clarkasked the Minister for the Civil Service what were the numbers and what was the cost of the Civil Service, excluding the Post Office, for the years 1930, 1935, 1940, 1950, 1960. 1970 and 1971; what percentage of the gross national product this cost represented in each of those years; and what is his estimate of the cost for 1973.
§ Mr. David Howell:The information is readily available only for more recent years as follows:
Year Staff in post at 1st April (000's) Cost (based on estimate of salaries and wages in year beginning 1st April (£m) Percentage of Gross Nation Product 1939 347 .. .. 1950 746 .. .. 1961 643 523 2.1 1970 701 879 2.1 1971 700 978 * Forecasts for 1973 are not yet available. * Gross National Product is not yet available for 1971.
§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister for the Civil Service (1) if he will state the number of civil servants at the latest convenient date and provide an analysis which will indicate the types of work on which those civil servants are employed;
(2) what improvements he proposes to make in the provision of information on Civil Service manpower.
§ Mr. David Howell:The total number of non-industrial and industrial civil servants at 1st July was 701,915. The analysis below indicates the types of work in which civil servants are employed in relation to Ministerial responsibilities and principal activities. In the interests of providing fuller and better information to Parliament, I will announce the number of civil servants in post each quarter in this form in the future. An analysis 131W of the position at 1st October, 1971, will be given shortly and thereafter figures
132W will be collected from Departments only quarterly.133W
CIVIL SERVICE STAFF IN POST July 1, 1971 Executive Functions Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Trading and Repayment General Support Services CABINET OFFICE Secretariat and central support staff … 409 — — — Central Statistical Office … … 168 — — — 577 — — — AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD Agriculture, fisheries and food policy … 1,727 — — — Agricultural Development and Advisory Service … … — 5,601 — — Other technical staff … … — 105 — — Regional and Divisional Offices … … — 5,270 — — Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place … — 451 — — Fisheries, pest infestation and food science laboratories. … … — 728 — — Central services … … 1,932 — — — 3,659 12,155 — — CIVIL SERVICE Management of the Civil Service … 665 — 106 252 Civil Service recruitment … … — — — 435 Civil Service College … … — — — 311 Central services … … 531 — — — 1,196 — 106 998 CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER Treasury … … 1,026 — — 46 Customs and Excise: Collection of indirect taxes. and control of imports and exports … … 1,548 15,690 — — Import and export statistics … … 746 — — Inland Revenue: Collection of direct taxes, etc … … 2 236 59,973 98 — Land and property valuation services 6,315 — 1,622 Central Office of Information … … 250 — — 1,240 H.M. Stationery Office: Procurement and distribution of paper, printing, etc. … … 382 — 1,611 1,474 Production units, printing, binding and reprographic … … — 773 3,129 Computer bureau … … — — 332 Department for National Savings: Receipt and repayment of savings … 815 — 13,641 — Support of voluntary savings movement … … 530 — — Small Departments: Treasury Solicitor … … 77 35 — 265 Paymaster General's Office … … 58 — — 587 Royal Mint … … — — 1,432 — Exchequer Office, Scotland … … 19 10 22 10 Government Actuary … … — — — 52 Registry of Friendly Societies … … 17 68 13 — National Debt Office … … 12 22 18 — Decimal Currency Board … … 13 — — — 6,453 83,389 17,608 8,757 134W 135W
Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Executive Functions Trading and Repayment General Support Services EDUCATION AND SCIENCE Educational and scientific policy and administration, including University Grants Committee and H.M. Inspectors of Schools … … 2,154 821 — — National Lending Library … … — — 268 — Victoria and Albert Museum … … — 614 — — Science Museum … … — 405 — — 2,154 1,840 268 — EMPLOYMENT Employment and training services … 1,770 16,063 87 — Occupational safety and health … … 1,511 — — Industrial relations … … 708 — — Industrial tribunals and Industrial Court 177 — — Selective employment payments … … 489 — — Unemployment benefit and redundancy payments … … 11,277 — — Passport work … … — 509 — Office of Manpower Economics … … 52 — — 1,770 30,277 596 — ENVIRONMENT Local government and environmental services … … 1,975 3,850 5,020 — Housing … … 85 450 — — Construction and maintenance … … 3,140 3,500 8,850 38,400 Transport industries … … 660 230 1,540 — Research … … — 2,700 — — Related Bodies … … — 445 — — Ordnance Survey … … 374 3,809 464 — 6,234 14,984 15,874 38,400 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Diplomatic Service (Home) … … 3,201 152 56 46 Diplomatic Service (Overseas) … … — 2,736 243 — Diplomatic Wireless Service … … 381 1,107 — — Government Communications Head-quarters … … 244 1,664 — — Passport Office … … — — 766 — Overseas Development Administration: Aid Administration … … 1,060 — — — Overseas manpower division … … — 414 — — Overseas technical assistance … … — 982 — — 4,886 7,055 1,065 46 HOME Prisons (England and Wales) … … 487 17,574 — — Immigration … … 895 1,210 — — Police services … … 268 3,082 — — Fire … … 86 336 — — Criminal … … 133 — — — Probation and after-care … … 190 70 — — Northern Ireland, community programmes and general … … 117 — — — Scientific, research and statistics … 268 — — — Carlisle State Management Scheme … — — 820 — Central services … … 873 — — — 3,317 22,272 820 —
Executive Functions Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Trading and Repayment General Support Services LORD CHANCELLOR Lord Chancellor's Office … … … 196 — — — Court Service, etc. … … … — 6,921 — — Probate Registries … … … — 498 — — Land Registry … … … — — 4,194 — Public Trustee … … … — — 548 — Public Record Office … … … — 315 — — 196 7,734 4,742 —
POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Broadcasting and radio regulators … 195 35 90 10 Posts and telecommunications … … 82 — — — 277 35 90 10
SCOTLAND Scottish Office: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 528 2,109 — — Scottish Development Department … … 779 57 66 — Scottish Education Department … 288 356 — — Scottish Home and Health Department 573 419 285 — Central services … … 1,738 — — — Prisons … … — 1,976 — — State Hospital … … — 290 — — Scottish Courts Service, etc. … … — 522 — — Small Scottish Departments: Registers of Scotland … … — — 278 — Lord Lyon and Warden of Regalia … — — 6 — Royal Scottish Museum … … — 157 — — Scottish Record Office … … — 128 — — General Register Office. Scotland … 32 379 — — 3,938 6,393 635 —
SOCIAL SERVICES Health services … … 4,258 — — — Special Hospitals … … — 1,413 — — Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres — 916 — — National Health Service Superannuation … … — 386 — — War Pensioners Hospital … … — 78 — — Artificial Eye Unit … … Common Cold Research Unitand Youth Treatment Centre … … Social security benefit services … … 2,680 — — — Regional organisation … … — 50,980 — — Newcastle Central Office … … — 10,562 — — Blackpool Central Office … … — 2,165 — — Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 479 1,511 — 541 7,417 68,011 — 541 136W 137W
TRADE AND INDUSTRY International trade … … 500 1,041 — — Industry and commerce … … 1,895 3,019 2,438 — Industrial research … … — 3,967 — — Civil aviation and marine … … 482 7,489 631 — Central services (including Business Statistics Office) … … 3,658 — — 844 Exports Credits Guarantee Department — — 1,523 — 6,535 15,516 4,592 844
Executive Functions Ministerial Responsibilities Central Administration Public Services Trading and Repayment General Support Services WALES Welsh Office: Primary and secondary education including H.M. Inspectors of Schools 26 54 — — Local government and development including housing … … … 328 — — — Health services … … … 140 — — — Central services … … … 321 — — — Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre — 44 — — 815 98 — — SMALL DEPARTMENTS Charity Commission … … … 48 261 — — Civil Service Pay Research Unit … — — — 32 Crown Estate Office … … … — — 128 — … … … Crown Office 20 — — — Director of Public Prosecutions … … 12 121 — — Law Officers' Department … … … 13 — — — Lord Advocate's Department … … 12 — — — Parliamentary Counsel … … … 41 — — — Privy Council Office … … … 34 — — — Procurator Fiscal Service … … — 281 — — Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements … … … — 71 — — Supreme Court of Northern Ireland … — 96 — — 180 830 128 32 TOTAL … … … 49,604 270,589 46,524 49,628 GRAND TOTAL. … … … 416.345 138W139W
Ministerial Responsibilities Staff DEFENCE Ministry of Defence Headquarters: (a) Main Headquarters … … … … … 11,417 (b) Defence Procurement Executive Headquarters* … … … … … 7,947 Maintenance, repair, storage and supply organisations … … … … … 109,836 Command and support services for armed forces including medical, education and training establishments … … … … … 81,304 Defence Procurement organisation outside Headquarters*, including Research and Development establishments and Royal Ordnance Factories … … … … 66,915 Meteorological Office … … … … … 3,396 280,815 * The Defence Procurement Executive as such did not exist on 1st July 1971 and the figures given for the Executive within the total for the Ministry of Defence are for illustrative purposes only. Notes 1.—These tables omit, as will future announcements, 3,943 staff not employed by Government Departments but deemed to be civil servants for superannuation purposes under the terms of section 98(4) of the Superannuation Act 1965; 625 staff of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Exchequer and Audit Department; and 187 judicial officers. 2. The following are the definitions related to the column headings of the above tables: CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION This column includes staff at headquarters concerned with:— (a) the introduction or development of policy and related matters; (b) central services such as the provision of professional advice and support services e.g. finance. personnel, etc.
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS Public Services Includes staff concerned with the application of policy, e.g. payment of sickness benefits, collection of taxes and contributions, staffing prisons and providing services to industry including research and development. Trading and Repayment Services Includes staff engaged on activities which are largely financially self-supporting through sales. fees or charges for goods and service. General Support Services Includes staff engaged in providing services for other departments. A department's own central services staff are included in the column headed "Central Administration"