HC Deb 10 June 1975 vol 893 cc139-40W
Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants were employed in his Department as at 1st January 1973, 1st January 1974, and 1st January 1975; and if he will show how many of these were employed in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively.

Mr. William Rodgers

The total number of civil servants within the Ministry of Defence—including those employed in the Royal Ordnance Factories and those locally engaged overseas—at the dates in question were:

1st January 1973 … … 317,600
1st January 1974 … … 315,200
1st January 1975 … … 316,600

Of this total the numbers employed in England, Scotland and Wales were:

England … 226,100 223,300 222,200
Scotland … 21,600 22,000 21,800
Wales … 9,900 9,700 9,800

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