§ 51. Mr. WHITELEY (for Mr. ROBINSON)asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of ex-service men engaged as temporary clerks in the Civil Service and the respective numbers in each Department?
Mr. SAMUELThe total number of ex-service men, employed as temporary clerks in Government Departments on let April last, was approximately 5,400. With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate the particulars as to the numbers in each Department in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the particulars:
| Foreign Office (including Passport Office) | 49 |
| Imperial War Graves Commission | 140 |
| Land Registry | 28 |
| Supreme Court | 48 |
| Ministry of Health | 511 |
| Ministry of Labour | 1,795 |
| Welsh Board of Health | 60 |
| Scottish Board of Health | 66 |
| Board of Trade | 230 |
| Office of Works | 75 |
| Ministry of Pensions | 172 |
| Customs and Excise | 31 |
| Inland Revenue | 1,302 |
| Post Office | 110 |
| Admiralty | 298 |
| Air Ministry | 59 |
| War Office | 203 |
| Other Departments | 218 |
| Total | 5,395 |
§ NOTE.—The above figures do not cover Unit and Command Officers of the Air Ministry, or certain outlying branches of the War Office.