§ 46. Major KELLEYasked the Prime Minister what is the number of the staffs of the Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Food, and Ministry of Munitions that have been transferred to other Departments owing to the closing of those Ministries, and to which Departments they are transferred?
Lieut.-Commander YOUNGThe staff of the Ministry of Food transferred to other Government Departments on1 the closing of the Ministry numbered:
Of these, 70 were transferred to the Departments of Agriculture and the remainder to the Board of Trade.
Headquarters Staff 1,317 Ex-Headquarters Staff 359 Total 1,676 Particulars of the staffs transferred from the Ministries of Shipping and Munitions to the Board of Trade and Disposal and Liquidation Commission, respectively, are given in my reply of yesterday to the hon. Member for Wood Green.
§ Major KELLEYIs it not rather a farce, then, to say that these Ministries have been wound up?