HC Deb 04 May 1994 vol 242 c507W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest available figure for the total number of civil servants(a) including and (b) excluding those employed by "next steps" agencies.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 3 May 1994]: On 1 October 1993 there were in total 546,339 civil servants, the lowest in the post-war period. Of these 209,936 were not working in "next steps" agencies.