HC Deb 30 November 1937 vol 329 c1902W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Secretary of State for War the approximate number of established and unestablished men employed in the Royal Ordnance factories in each of the following years: 1913, 192o, 1930 and 1937?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

The approximate numbers of male employés in the Royal Ordnance Factories in the years in question were as follow:

Established. Unestablished.
1913 … 245 13,000
1920 … 240 17,400
1930 … 625 7,800
1937 … 890 18,400