§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked 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 SheldonThe 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.
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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
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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 148W
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