§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current total of public servants employed in public bodies, apart from nationalised industries; what was the total in 1964; and what is the percentage increase or decrease between the two dates.
§ Mr. BoothA provisional estimate of the number employed at June 1974 in the United Kingdom by public corporations excluding the nationalised industries is 235,000. A comparable figure for 1964 is not available.