HC Deb 07 March 1972 vol 832 c307W
Mr. Robert Taylor

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many senior civil servants in receipt of retirement pensions have been re-employed on a full-time or part-time basis in the Civil Service.

Mr. David Howell

The total number of retired civil servants at present employed in Government Departments is estimated at 20,000–21,000. Most of them are industrial civil servants or are employed in the more junior non-industrial positions. Detailed statistics are not kept by grades, and such information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.