HC Deb 07 April 1981 vol 2 c247W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants of all grades were employed by every Government Department on the latest date for which figures are available; what is the annual cost of employing them; and what proportion of the total working population they constitute.

Mr. Hayhoe

At 1 January 1981, the latest date for which figures are available centrally, there were 695,100 civil servants. This is about 2½ per cent. of the United Kingdom working population. Estimates provision for pay and employers' national insurance contribution in 1981–82 is £5,002 million.