§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the, Minister for the Civil Service if she will publish in the Official Report the official size of the Civil Service in numbers employed in 1950, 1960, 1970 and in each year since then; and if she will list and number any transfers of staff that affect the figures together with a schedule of any changes in numbers of those belonging to organisations transferred out of the Civil Service itself.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe number of civil servants for this period is set out in table 1. Machinery of Government changes occurring during the period are set out in table 2. Manpower in organisations transferred from the Civil Service to other parts of the public sector is a matter for the Ministers in charge of the sponsoring Departments concerned.
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Table 1—Number of Civil Servants Year (at 1 April) Staff in Post* (Full-time equivalents) 1950 745,700 1960 642,500 1970 700,900
Year (at 1 April) Staff in Post* (Full-time equivalents) 1971 700,100 1972 690,400 1973 700,200 1974 692,000 1975 701,400 1976 747,600 1977 745,600 1978 735,700 1979 732,300 1980 704,900 1981† 695,100 * Staff in the Post Office, Forestry Commission, Agricultural Research Council and the Development Commission are excluded throughout for the purposes of comparison. † Latest available figures at 1 January. 266W
Table 2—Machinery of Government Changes Date Staff Numbers (+,-) Change 1 October 1954 -17,800 Staff of the Atomic Energy Department were transferred to the Atomic Energy Authority and excluded from the Civil Service manpower count 1 April 1965 -13,800 Staff in the Forestry Commission, Agricultural Research Council and the Development Commission were excluded from the Civil Service manpower count 1 October 1969 -400,600 Post Office became a public corporation. (Department for National Savings was set up with some 15,000 staff from the Post Office) 1 April 1971 + 1,000 Responsibilities for road traffic licensing were transferred from Local government to the Civil Service (Environment) July 1971 -4,400 Various museums, galleries and com-missions and so on were excluded from the Civil Service manpower count 1 January 1972 +700 Lord Chancellor's Department was set up, embracing the Supreme court, county courts, Crown courts and probate registries. Some 700 staff were absorbed from local government 1 April 1972 -7,400 Responsibility for civil aviation was transferred to the Civil Aviation Authority whose staff are not civil servants 1 April 1973 +5,400 Responsibility for the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment passed from the UKAEA to the Ministry of Defence 1 July 1973 -350 Responsibility for the National Lending library was transferred from the Department of Education and Science to the British Museum 1 January 1974 -12 Manpower Services Commission was established. Staff from the Department of Employment were hived off to the Training Services Agency (1 April) and the Employment Service Agency (1 October) 1 April 1974 -5,400 1 October 1974 -12,700 1 January 1976 +20,900 The Employment Protection Act of 1975 gave the staff of the Manpower Services Commission and its agencies Civil Service status. They were included in the Civil Service manpower count with effect from 1 January 1976
Date Staff Numbers (+. -) Change 1 April 1979 -100 Supreme Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland, became part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and therefore excluded from the Civil Service manpower count 1 April 1980 +25 The Public Works Loan Board—pre-viously not included in the Civil Service manpower count— and the National Debt Office were merged to form the National Investments and Loans Office 1 July 1980 +200 Period appointments were included in the Civil Service manpower count 1 October 1980 -1,300 Property Services Agency staff working for and paid by the Unites States Forces were excluded from the Civil Service manpower count