§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of the adult work force employed as civil servants in each year since 1960 in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, if he will give comparable figures for each of the other EEC countries, Canada and the United States of America.
§ Mr. GoldingThe percentages of the employed labour force of the United Kingdom employed as civil servants, based on the mid-year figures, are shown below. Similar figures for other countries are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Year Percentage 1960 … … 2.6 1961 … … 2.6 1962 … … 2.6 1963 … … 2.7 1964 … … 2.6 1965 … … 2.6 1966 … … 2.6 1967 … … 2.7 1968 … … 2.8 1969 … … 2.7 1970 … … 2.8 1971 … … 2.9 1972 … … 2.8 1973 … … 2.8 1974 … … 2.7