§ 11. . Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Postmaster-General the number of staff employed in the Engineering Department in 1917 and in 1925–26; and the cost in eachcase?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir William Mitchell-Thomson)The staff in 1017 numbered 24,910 (including men on service), and cost approximately £2,600,000; the staff in 1925–26 numbers 33,590, and is expected to cost about £6,400,000.
§ Colonel APPLINMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether it would not be possible to recruit this very large staff by making some arrangement by which districts could be worked together?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONAll such questions are constantly under consideration.