§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will grant a Return, showing the percentage of ex-soldiers employed in the RoyalOrdnance Factories, the postal and customs services, borough and county police forces, railway and tramway services, prisons and asylums, and by municipal corporations and county authorities generally.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) A Return, which is included in the Report of the Committee on the Civil Employment of ex-Soldiers and Sailors [Cd. 2991], issued 2nd July, 1906, shows that the number of employees in the Ordnance Factorieswas then 15,829, of whom, 1861 were ex-soldiers and 245 ex-sailors. As regards the other channels for employment of ex-soldiers and sailors, I would refer the hon. Member to the other Departments of State concerned.