§ 71. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can say how many officers of military age are now retained in the Department of the Public Trustee; how many are single and how many are married; will he state what is the average age of the unmarried men; and whether he will consider the possibility of entrusting the work now done by these unmarried men to women or men outside the limits of military age?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The number of officers of military age now retained in the Department of the Public Trustee (excluding those rejected or postponed on grounds of health) is 65, of whom 19 are single and 46 married. The average age of the unmarried men is 27½. In reply to the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to him on the 26th July.