§ Mr. Hardyasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is currently the pro-portion of civil servants to the total of persons employed in England and Wales, in Yorkshire and Humberside, and in the county of South Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe most recent comprehensive information about employment totals relates to 1974, at which time the proportions of non-industrial civil servants to total employees in employment were as follows:
per cent. England and Wales 2.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 1.2 South Yorkshire 0.8 Information about industrial civil servants cannot be included as it is not available on a geographical basis centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.