§ Mr. Gowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are currently employed in the Department of Inland Revenue; and how many were 339W so employed on the same date in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2nd May 1975; c. 273], gave the following information.
The number of staff in post on 1st April 1975, excluding staff employed on short-term tasks, was 74,196. The corresponding numbers at the same date in each of the previous 10 years were as follows:
Year Number 1965 57,275 1966 58,240 1967 61,118 1968 63,590 1969 65,240 1970 68,632 1971 69,791 1972 71,954 1973 70,712 1974 69,802