§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the number of civil servants engaged in the Ministry of Defence, and the number of active Service men, in each of the last 10 years, and in 1945, 1950, 1955 and 1960.
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§ Dr. GilbertThe number of civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence, including the Royal ordnance factories, and the number of Service men at 1st April in each year is shown below. The figures for civil servants are not directly comparable, taking one year with another, because of changes in departmental responsibilities. Detailed figures for these changes are not available for the period 1945 to 1964, but there were two notable transfers of staff in that period. Some 40,000 staff were transferred from the Ministry of Supply to the War Office in 1959 and some 50,000 staff were transferred from the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry to the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1963. Over the period 1964–1976 there has been a net transfer into the Ministry of Defence of about 32,000, mainly from the Ministry of Aviation Supply and the Atomic Energy Authority.
Civil Servants Service Men 1945 … 158,000* 5,035,000+ 1950 … 296,000† 785,000 1955 … 328,000† 903,000 1960 … 321,000† 559,000 1967 … 369,000 450,000 1968 … 356,000 430,000 1969 … 338,000 405,000 1970 … 327,000 393,000 1971 … 345,000 373,000 1972 … 324,000 380,000 1973 … 320,000 377,000 1974 … 315,000 358,000 1975 … 317,000 347,000 1976 … 311,000 346,000 * United Kingdom non-industrial staff only. † United Kingdom based staff only of the Admiralty. War Office and Air Ministry. + United Kingdom personnel only.