Miss Wardasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total personnel above clerical grades in each Government Department at the end of 1939 and at the present date; and the equivalent information with regard to women?
§ Captain CrookshankThe numbers of whole-time staff employed by Government Departments in the administrative, executive, professional, scientific, technical and inspectorial classes at 1st January, 1940, and 1st July, 1940, were as follow: 1499W
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Department. 1st January, 1940. 1st July, 1940 Total. Women. Total. Women. Admiralty … … … … … 2,261 10 3,032 23 Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of (including Ordnance Survey and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 787 22 795 24 Agriculture, Scotland, Department of … 206 8 213 6 Air Ministry … … … … … 7,710 60 2,186 37 Aircraft Production, Ministry of … … — — 6,873 42 Assistance Board … … … … 512 42 544 40 Colonial and Dominions Offices … … 151 — 147 2 County Courts … … 121 — 124 — Customs and Excise … … … 5,871 325 5,529 329 Economic Warfare, Ministry of … … 240 14 328 59 Education, Board of (including Museums) 482 142 503 143 Exchequer and Audit … … … 288 9 318 9 Food Ministry of … … … … 2,495 124 4,174 247 Foreign Office (including Diplomatic and Consular Services). 807 17 804 23 Forestry Commission … … … 148 — 188 — Health, Ministry of (including Welsh Board of Health). 1,763 282 1,870 363 Health, Scotland, Department of … … 275 52 293 57 Home Office and Ministry of Home Security. 1,516 128 1,389 84 India and Burma Offices … … … 117 5 107 5 Information, Ministry of … … … 192 35 1,399 213 Inland Revenue … … … … 3,882 161 3,830 173 Labour and National Service, Ministry of 1,849 267 2,343 358 National Insurance Audit … … … 104 — 105 — National Savings Committee … … 112 7 306 14 Overseas Trade, Department of (including Commercial Diplomatic and Trade Commissioner Services). 175 4 168 5 Pensions, Ministry of … … … 474 89 637 120 Post Office … … … … … 3,782 158 3,619 174 Press and Censorship Bureau … … 134 1 — — Prison Commission … … … … 127 7 123 7 Public Trustee, Office of … … … 157 18 157 20 Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of. 443 6 443 6 Scottish Education Department … … 130 23 131 23 Scottish Home Department (including Fisheries and Prisons Departments). 147 5 147 5 Shipping, Ministry of, … … … 568 4 734 15 Stationery Office … … … … 251 3 265 5 Supply, Ministry of … … … … 3,205 105 4,909 213 Supreme Court of Judicature … … 479 13 436 13 Trade, Board of, (including Mines and Petroleum Departments). 833 14 964 28 Transport, Ministry of, … … … 573 3 507 4 Treasury and Subordinate Departments 162 11 210 19 War Office … … … … … 1,710 50 1,493 22 Works, Office of. … … … … 1,115 8 1,328 15 Other Departments … … … 1,255 55 1,228 64 Totals … … … 47,609 2,287 54,902 3,009 NOTES. The figures for the Ministry of Aircraft Production include staffs transferred from the Air Ministry. The figures for the Ministry of Information for 1st July include the Postal and Telegraph Censorship staffs transferred from the War Office and the staff of the Press and Censorship Bureau now incorporated in the Ministry. The figures for the Ministry of Labour for 1st July include the staff of the Factory Inspection epartment transferred from the Home Office.