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Mr. Luce
asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the size of the Civil Service, industrial and non-industrial, separately, each year since 1964 to date.
Mr. Kenneth Baker
Following are the figures. They are related to 1st October each year since those for 1st October 1973 are the latest available.
| Non industrial grades | Industrial grades | Total Civil Service | |
| 1964 | 415,495 | 239,486 | 654,981 |
| 1965 | 423,347 | 233,452 | 656,799 |
| 1966 | 440,425 | 228,755 | 669,180 |
| 1967 | 467,432 | 223,614 | 691,046 |
| 1968 | 470,089 | 218,958 | 689,047 |
| 1969 | 489,202 | 211,937 | 701,139 |
| 1970 | 498,709 | 206,480 | 705,189 |
| 1971 | 500,895 | 198,975 | 699,870 |
| 1972 | 500,175 | 190,810 | 690,985 |
| 1973 | 509,894 | 185,198 | 695,092 |
Note: All figures exclude staff of the Post Office which moved out of the Civil Service in 1969.