§ 105. Major BLAIRasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the amount of the receipts from petrol licences, the number of the staff, and the salaries, for February, 1919, at the Petrol Control Committee, Berkeley Street?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe amount received by the Petrol Control Department as Motor Spirit Licence Duty in February, 1919, was £71,859 4s. 9d. The number of the staff was 438, as stated in the reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Ipswich on 27th February, and their salaries for the month amounted to £3,993. I may add, that by 14th March the staff had been reduced to 382, and that a further reduction is about to be made.
§ Mr. G. TERRELLWhen will the Department be closed down entirely?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI cannot say.