16. Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSasked the Secretary of State for War and Air how many officers were employed in the M.L. 5 section of the General Staff before the War and at the present time; and whether the increase is chiefly due to the continuance of the passport system?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLSeven officers were employed before the War on the duties now performed by Section 5 of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, War Office. There are now 14 officers employed in this Section. Of these, one only is partly employed on passport work, which consists in replying to questions referred by other Government Departments concerning the military records of applicants for passports, or endorsements thereon. The answer to the last part of the question is therefore in the negative.