§ Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the number of established writers employed at the Admiralty and naval establishments in 1906–7 and 1911–12 respectively, and the number placed on the establishment as writers since 2nd June, 1910?
Mr. LAMBERTThe number of established writers employed in 1906–7 was 492; the number employed in 1911–12 was 409; three persons have been placed on the establishment as writers since 2nd June, 1910.