HC Deb 25 June 1973 vol 858 c260W
33. Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Minister for the Civil Service, as, at the latest date for which details are available, 12.4 per cent. of the working population were engaged in the non-industrial Civil Service compared with 9.4 per cent. in June 1964 and 11.1 per cent. in June 1969, and as this trend is contrary to announced Government policy, what steps he is taking to reduce the figure to the 1970 level.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The figures quoted by my hon. Friend include the staff of local authorities. The percentage of the working population engaged in the whole Civil Service, industrial and non-industrial, was 2.65 per cent. in 1964, 2.80 per cent. in 1970 and 2.78 per cent. in 1972.