§ 62 and 63. Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions (1) what is the number of persons on headquarters and district or regional staffs engaged in or about the management of houses or huts held in any way by the Munitions Housing Department;
(2) what is the number of houses under the management of the various local and central staffs of the Munitions Housing Department; and what is the total amount of the salaries paid centrally and locally to these various staffs?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYTwenty-two persons are employed at headquarters and fifty-seven locally. The total salaries' are at the rate of £5,503 per annum for the headquarters staff and £10,976 per annum for 46 the local staffs. These staffs have also certain duties in connection with the management of hostels. The number of houses under the management of the Ministry of Munitions is 6,837.
§ Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONWould it not be possible to abolish the Department and its expenses altogether, and put these houses under the Ministry of Health, which already looks after other houses?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYI have been considering that for some weeks and negotiating with the Health Department as to whether the control of the housing of the military could not be carried through more properly by the Health Ministry.