§ Sir John Tilneyasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state the number of non-industrial civil servants located, respectively, in the North-West Economic Planning Region and in other planning regions, including Greater London, and the number of such civil servants located in the Merseyside area.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe latest available information is as follows:
Economic Planning Region Estimated number of non-industrial civil servants at 1st July 1973 (in thousands) North West 46.6 (of which Merseyside) (9.8) Inner and Outer London (as defined for pay purposes) 143.7 Rest of South East 85.8 Northern 31.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 25.4 East Midlands 18.2 East Anglia 10.0 South Western 42.2 Wales and Monmouthshire 21.9 West Midlands 24.7 Scotland 44.5 Merseyside includes Liverpool, Birkenhead, Bootle, Crosby, Litherland and Wallasey.
Inner and Outer London is the area within 16 miles of Charing Cross, together with Caterham, Dartford, Uxbridge and Watford.