HC Deb 28 January 1974 vol 868 cc24-5W
Mr. Luce

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the size of the Civil Service, industrial and non-industrial, separately, each year since 1964 to date.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Following are the figures. They are related to 1st October each year since those for 1st October 1973 are the latest available.

Non industrial grades Industrial grades Total Civil Service
1964 415,495 239,486 654,981
1965 423,347 233,452 656,799
1966 440,425 228,755 669,180
1967 467,432 223,614 691,046
1968 470,089 218,958 689,047
1969 489,202 211,937 701,139
1970 498,709 206,480 705,189
1971 500,895 198,975 699,870
1972 500,175 190,810 690,985
1973 509,894 185,198 695,092

Note: All figures exclude staff of the Post Office which moved out of the Civil Service in 1969.