§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Prime Minister if she will publish in the Official Report the number of full and part. time civil servants employed in each year since and including 1955 up to the most recent date for which figures are availble, indicating in percentage terms the proportion that each figure represents of the total working population.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information requested is set out in the table below: 13W
Full-time Part-time Numbers✶†(1 April) As percentage of working population‡ Numbers✶†•¶(1 April) As percentage of working population‡ 1960 630,100 2.57 24,800 0.10 1961 629,500 2.54 24,800 0.10 1962 634,400 2.54 25,500 0.10 1963 648,500 2.59 26,100 0.10 1964 644,800 2.56 26,200 0.10 1965 641,700 2.52 26,400 0.10 1966 648,300 2.53 27,300 0.11 1967 665,500 2.62 28,900 0.11 1968 677,700 2.67 29,900 0.12 1969 671,000 2.65 26,800 0.11 1970 686,800 2.71 28,100 0.11 1971 686,000 2.74 28,200 0.11 1972 677,600 2.68 25,600 0.10 1973 686,400 2.68 27,600 0.11 1974 678,100 2.66 27,800 0.11 1975|| 686,400 2.67 30,000 0.12 1976 732,100 2.82 31,100 0.12 1977 729,900 2.80 31,400 0.12 1978 720,800 2.75 29,800 0.11 1979 717,300 2.73 29,900 0.11 1980 690,600 2.64 28,600 0.11 ✶ The Post Office, Forestry Commission, Agricultural Research Council and the Development Commission are excluded throughout. † Casual and seasonal staff were excluded from the Manpower count from 1 January 1967 but were previously included. ‡ Adult students are excluded from the working population in 1960 and later years. || The Manpower Services Commission and its agencies (ACAS, HSC/E, ESA and TSA) were excluded from the manpower count. They became civil servants under the Employment Protection Act of 1975 and were included in the count with effect from 1 January 1976. ¶ For the purposes of the Civil Service manpower count, part.timers are counted as half units, and not on a head count basis as shown in this table.