§ 55. Lieutenant-Colonel ASSHETON POWNALLasked the Secretary of State for War if he can state how many officers were serving in the War Office at the outbreak of war, how many on 11th November, 1918, and how many now?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe figures to the nearest dates available are:
| 1st August, 1914 | 222 |
| 1st November, 1918 | 1,690 |
| 1st April, 1919 | 1,165 |