HC Deb 13 November 1974 vol 881 cc145-8W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Departments and services are comprised under the heading "civilian employment by central government" (Blue Book Table 13): and how many people were employed in each of these Departments/ services in 1960 and in 1973.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The figures comprise the United Kingdom Civil Service, the hospital services, and certain other organisations, including the Northern Ireland Civil Service, which are not part of the United Kingdom Civil Service. Separate figures of employment for the three groups are:

June 1960 June 1973
thousands thousands
Civil Service* 667 707
Hospital Services 565 835
Other 57 66
1,289 1,608
* Excluding the Post Office in 1960, but including the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Department of National Savings in 1973.

Analysis, by Department, of Employment in the United Kingdom Civil Service as at 1st July in each year are given in the tables. Because of changes in organisation and responsibilities, the figures for the two years are often not comparable.

CIVIL SERVICE STAFF IN POST 1st JULY 1960
Departments and Number
Admiralty 116,201
Agricultural Research Council 82
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of 16,135

Air Ministry 67,161
Ancient Monuments (Wales and Mons) Royal Commission 10
Aviation, Ministry of 46,518
British Museum 756
British Museum (Natural History) 464
Cabinet Office 327
Charity Commission 139
Civil Service Commission 514
Civil Service Pay Research Unit 31
Colonial Office 1,774
Commonwealth Relations Office 1,133
County Courts 3,873
Crown Estate Office 136
Customs and Excise 15,509
Defence, Ministry of 999
Development Commission 21
Education (including departmental museums). Ministry of 2,908
Exchequer and Audit 533
Export Credits Guarantee Department 790
Fine Art Commission, Royal 4
Foreign Office 6,279
Forestry Commission 14,881
Friendly Societies Registry 105
General Register Office 1,140
Government Actuary 44
Health, Ministry of 5,246
Health, Welsh Board of 154
Historical Manuscripts Commission 13
Historical Monuments (England) Royal Commission 35
Home Office 6,491
Housing and Local Government, Ministry of 2,827
Housing and Local Government, Welsh Office of 205
Imperial War Museum 69
Information, Central Office of 1,061
Inland Revenue 57,969
Labour, Ministry of 22,315
Land Registry 1,720
Law Officer's Department 8
Local Government Commission for England 50
Local Government Commission for Wales 16
London Museum 63
Mint 828
National Assistance Board 10,934
National Debt Office 52
National Gallery 88
National Maritime Museum 83
National Parks Commission 27
National Portrait Gallery 36
National Savings Committee 669
Ordnance Survey 4,480
Paymaster General's Office 637
Pensions and National Insurance, Ministry of 37,421
Power, Ministry of 1,704
Prison Commission 9,576
Privy Council Office 36
Public Prosecutions Department 98
Public Record Office 190
Public Trustee 569
Public Works Loan Board 49
Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements 117
Science, Office of Minister for 48
Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of 5,675
Stationery Office 6,611
Supreme Court of Judicature 1,722

Supreme Court (N. Ireland) 111
Tate Gallery 76
Trade, Board of 7,031
Transport, Ministry of 7,472
Treasury 1,344
Treasury Subordinate Departments 140
Treasury Solicitor 350
Wallace Collection 56
War Damage Commission 309
War Office 139,796
Works, Ministry of 23,881
Scottish Departments
Accountant of Court 19
Agriculture and Fisheries, Department of 3,048
Ancient Monuments (Scotland) Royal Commission 10
Court of Judiciary 5
Court of Session 87
Crown Office 9
Exchequer 59
General Register Office (Scotland) 82
Health, Department of 1,167
Lord Advocate's Department 11
National Galleries (Scotland) 57
National Library (Scotland) 91
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland 22
Procurator Fiscal Service 145
Registers of Scotland 223
Royal Observatory Edinburgh 21
Scottish Education Department 477
Scottish Home Department 2,324
Scottish Land Court 21
Scottish Record Office 100
Scottish Savings Committee 51
Sheriff Clerk Service 260
TOTAL (excluding the Post Office) 667,264

CIVIL SERVICE STAFF IN POST 1st JULY 1973
Departments and Number
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of 15,620
Agricultural Produce, Intervention Board for 338
Cabinet Office 605
Charity Commission 312
Civil Service Department, including College 4,997
Civil Service Pay Research Unit 36
Crown Estate Office 128
Crown Office 26
Customs and Excise 24,146
Defence 275,016
Education and Science, Department of, including University Grants Committee and Departmental Museums 4,071
Employment, Department of 35,882
Environment, Department of 23,803
Export Credits Guarantee Department 1,683
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 10,302
Friendly Societies, Registry of 90
Government Actuary 56
Health and Social Security, Department of 79,391
Home Office 28,511
Information, Central Office of 1,263
Inland Revenue 71,059
Land Registry 4,993

Law Officers' Department 19
Lord Chancellor's Office and Courts etc 9,445
Mint 1,243
National Debt Office 57
National Savings, Department of 13,967
Northern Ireland Office 153
Northern Ireland Supreme Court 106
Ordnance Survey 4,599
Overseas Development Administration 2,275
Parliamentary Counsel 47
Paymaster General's Office 669
Population Censuses and Surveys, Office of 2,719
Posts and Telecommunications 452
Privy Council Office 37
Property Services Agency 46,005
Public Record Office 338
Public Prosecutions, Director of 152
Public Trustee Office 527
Restrictive Trading Agreements, Registrar of 59
Stationery Office 7,277
Trade and Industry, Department 19,053
Trade Union and Employers' Associations, Registry of 48
Treasury 1,049
Treasury Solicitor 395
Welsh Office 1,025
Scottish Departments
Scottish Office 9,885
Scottish Courts Administration 43
Scottish Land Court 20
Scottish Law Commission 19
Scottish Record Office 167
Accountant of Court 17
Court of Justiciary 8
Court of Session 103
General Register Office 425
Exchequer Office 68
Lands Tribunal for Scotland 8
Lord Advocate's Department 15
Lord Lyon and Warden of Regalia 6
Pensions Appeal Tribunal 6
Procurator Fiscal Service 313
Registers of Scotland 348
Royal Scottish Museum 180
Sheriff Clerk Office 533
TOTAL 706,202