§ Mr. Brittanasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of civil servants employed in each Government Department in each of the years 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFollowing are the details of staff in post at 1st October in each year: 13W
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Department 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Land Registry … … … … … 3,936 4,215 4,514 5,035 4,610 Law Officers Department … … … 12 14 17 19 20 London Museum … … … … 71* — — — — Mint, Royal … … … … 1,573 1,420 1,408 1,198 1,368 National Debt Office … … … … 56 51 55 52 57 National Gallery … … … … 199* — — — — National Maritime Museum … … … 156* — — — — National Portrait Gallery … … … 60* — — — — National Savings, Department for … … 15,289 14,942 14,044 13,542 13,767 Ordnance Survey … … … … 4,639 4,674 4,687 4,561 4,514 Overseas Development, Ministry of … … 2,497 2,481 2,294 2,182 2,268 Parliamentary Commissioner, Office of … 54* — — — — Paymaster Generals Office … … … 682 624 655 662 700 Population, Censuses and Surveys, Office of … 2,048 2,541 2,544 2,729 2,833 Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of … 397 436 455 465§ — Privy Council … … … … 34 34 33 34 35 Public Buildings and Works, Ministry of … 56,603‡ — — — — Public Prosecutions, Director of … … … … 123 137 149 157 171 Public Record Office … … … … 312 313 328 344 391 Public Trustee … … … … … 539 564 542 502 513 Public Works Loan Board … … … 47* — — — — Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements … 68 70 67 60 — Stationery Office … … 7,614 7,808 7,399 7,208 7,043 Supreme Court of Judicature … … … 1,970 2,051† — — — Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) … … 104 96 93 98 95 Tate Gallery … … … … … 184* — — — — Technology, Ministry of … … … 37,876≑ — — — — Temporary Royal Commissions … … 27* — — — — Trade, Board of … … … … 17,514≑ — — — — Transport, Ministry of … … … … 10,719‡ — — — — Treasury … … … … … 1,047 1,083 1,080 1,006 1,063 Treasury Solicitor … … … … 370 384 384 375 416 Wallace Collection … … … … 65* — — — — Welsh Office … … … … … 802 934 971 1,048 1,268 Scottish Departments Accountant of Court … … … … 17 18¶ 185 — — Ancient Monuments, Royal Commission on … 25* — — — — Court of Justiciary … … … … 7 8 9¶ — — Court of Session … … … … 86 88 90¶ — — Crown Office … … … … … 21 22 23 26 31 Exchequer Office (QLTR) … … … 67 68 67 56 53 General Register Office … … … 244 515 425 425 403 Lord Advocates Department … … … 13 12 13 14 14 National Galleries … … … … 86* — — — — National Library … … … … 122* — — — — National Museum of Antiquities … … … … 35* — — — — Procurator Fiscal Service … … … 272 281 302 317 349 Registers of Scotland … … … … 270 282 318 365 388 Scottish Land Court … … … … 19 18 17¶ — — Scottish Office … … … … … 9,460 9,723 9,701 9,875 9,983 Scottish Record Office … … … … 118 128 134 136 140 Sheriff Clerk's Service … … … … 354 366 377¶ — — Scottish Law Commission … … … 15 15 16¶ — — Departments created since 1970 Energy, Department of … … … … — — — — 1,794 Environment, Department of the … … — 70,718 70,109 69,315 69,341 Industry, Department of … … … — — — — 10,140 Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce … — — — 400 472 Land Tribunal, Scotland … … … — 7 7 6 7 Lord Chancellors Office … … … — — 9,098 9,333 9,509 Northern Ireland Office … … … — — 103 184 203 Office of Fair Trading … … … … — — — — 149 Prices and Consumer Protection, Department of. — — — — 347 Registry of Trade Unions and Employers Associations. — — 44 43 —
Departments created since 1970 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Scottish Courts Administration … … — — — 696 743 Trade, Department of … … … … — — — — 7,214 Trade and Industry, Department of … … — 26,118 18,611 18,738** — TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS … … 705,189 699,870 690,985 695,092 687,182 NOTES: All figures include part-time staff counted as one half: * From 1971 these staff ceased to be counted as civil servants. † See Lord Chancellor's Office after 1971. ‡ See Department of the Environment after 1970. § Functions transferred in 1974 to Home Office and Department of Industry. ≑ See Department of Trade and Industry after 1970. ¶ See Scottish Courts Administration after 1972. **See Departments of Energy, Industry, Prices and Consumer Protection and Trade after 1973.
§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants were employed in the financial years 1972–73 and 1973–74; and how many are employed in the current financial year.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFigures in respect of the mid-point—1st October—in each financial year are as follows:
1972–73 690,985 1973–74 695,092 1974–75 687,182