HC Deb 06 May 1975 vol 891 c388W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the increase in public sector personnel since 1960.

Mr. John Fraser

The increase in employment in the public sector, that is in central Government, local authorities and public corporations, between June 1960 and June 1973—the latest date for which information is available—was 783,000, or about 13 ½ per cent.