§ Mr. KaufmanTo 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.