Select Committee on Public Service Report


APPENDIX 6

Civil Service Staff Numbers, 1967-1997 (Staff Numbers expressed in Thousands)
Year Non-industrial Industrial Total
1967 451229 680
1698 471222 693
1969 470214 684
1970 490210 704
1971 500202 703
1972 498195 693
1973 509188 698
1974 514181 695
1975 526178 705
1976 571180 751
1977 573176 749
1978 569170 739
1979 568168 735
1980 549159 708
1981 542151 693
1982 530139 669
1983 520131 651
1984 506120 626
1985 500102 601
1986 50096 596
1987 51091 601
1988 51073 583
1989 50370 573
1990 49967 567
1991 49564 559
1992 50961 571
1993 50952 560
1994 49446 540
1995 47542 517
1996 45836 494

(Figures taken from the Historical Series printed in issues of Civil Service Statistics; the numbers back to 1970 were estimated on the basis of the current method of calculating full-time equivalent staff. The numbers for 1967 to 1969 are calculated on an older basis and therefore probably understate the totals for those years.)


 
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