HC Deb 25 June 1919 vol 117 c165
12. Mr. ARNOLD

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller the number of the staff of the Ministry of Shipping on 31st May, 1919, as compared with the number on the date of the Armistice, 11th November, 1918?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Wilson)

The number of the staff of the Ministry of Shipping on 31st May, 1919, was 2,273; on the 11th November, 1918, the number was 3,542.