§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish a table showing the total number of staff of all categories, excluding the Armed Forces and the public corporations, employed by central Government in the United Kingdom for each year since 1960.
§ Dr. GilbertI have been asked to reply.
The number of civilian employees of the central Government at June each year are as follows:
(thousands) 1960 … … … … 1,642 1961 … … … … 1,302 1962 … … … … 1,329 1963 … … … … 1,346 1964 … … … … 1,350 1965 … … … … 1,373 1966 … … … … 1,405 1967 … … … … 1,458 1968 … … … … 1,488 1969 … … … … 1,487 1970 … … … … 1,537 1971 … … … … 1,561 1972 … … … … 1,585 The figures are published annually in the first instance in Economic Trends, and subsequently in the National Income and Expenditure Blue Book.