§ Mr. Hordernasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the numbers of civil servants, and local authority employees, and other servants of public bodies as a proportion of the employed population 1964; and, at the latest available date, and from international data available to him, how these figures compare with West Germany, France, Italy, Japan and the United States of America.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon:Following is the information for the United Kingdom. There is no data avilable from international bodies for the other countries on a comparable basis.
June June 1964 1973 Percent. Percent. United Kingdom civil servants 2.7* 2.8 Local authority employees (including local authority education) 7.8 10.9 Other public bodies (including public corporations) 10.8* 11.0 21.2 24.7 * The Post Office is treated as a public corporation in 1964 for better comparability with the figures for 1973.