HC Deb 25 May 1927 vol 206 c1990
23. Rear-Admiral SUETER

asked the Secretary of State for Air, with reference to paragraph 45 of the third Lytton Report, what action has been taken as regards establishing ex-service men employed under the Air Ministry in posts of a technical and semi-technical nature?

Sir P. SASSOON

As my hon. and gallant Friend is probably aware, the technical and semi-technical staff under the Air Ministry entered Government service for the most part after the War on temporary engagements. It has been possible during the last three years to estimate more accurately the permanent needs of the Department; and I am glad to be able to say that as a result establishment has been given to approximately 350 ex-service men in posts of the kind referred to.