§ MR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether there are any women inspectors or clerks in the first or second division in his Department; and, if any, will he give the number, respectively.
53 (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The staff of the Local Government Board includes four female inspectors and also twenty-five female typists. There are no female first or second division clerks in the Department.
§ MR. COOPERTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether there are any women inspectors or clerks in the first or second division in his Department; and, if any, will he give the number respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) There are no women inspectors or clerks on the establishment of the Board of Trade. There is a senior investigator for women's industries and an assistant investigator.
§ MR. COOPERTo ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether there are any women inspectors or clerks in the first or second division in this Department; and, if any, will he give the number respectively.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) There are no women inspectors or clerks employed by the Board other than women typists, of whom there are fifteen.