HC Deb 25 April 1932 vol 265 cc13-4
29. Mr. BATEY

asked the Minister of Pensions the number employed in the area staffs for Northumberland, Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire in March, 1931, and the 20th May, 1932; and the number of cases dealt with for the two dates?

The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Major Tryon)

The area staff for the district indicated was 63 at the end of March, 1931, and 54 at the end of March, 1932. The total number of individual cases dealt with is not available from the records which are maintained at the area office, but during March, 1931, the number of

In 21 Government Departments the staff (non-industrial) was smaller at 31st October, 1931, than in 1914, for which year the information is more readily available than for 1913.
Department. Numbers 1st August,1914. Numbers 1st October,1931. Decrease.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Privy Council Office 50 34 16
Charity Commission 131 119 12
Civil Service Commission 130 124 6
Mint 69 64 5
India Office 530 519 11
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum 230 204 26
Prisons—England and Wales 3,667 3,089 578
County Courts 2,500 2,138 362
Prisons—Scotland 594 510 78
Land Court—Scotland 20 19 1
Accountant of Court—Scotland 18 17 1
Court of Session—Scotland 82 79 3
Chancery Department—Scotland 5 3 2
Whole Time Sheriff Clerk Service—Scotland 230 210 20
Education—Board of (including Victoria and Albert Museum; Science Museum; Bethnal Green Museum; Royal College of Art). 2,008 1,844 164
Education (Scotland) including Royal Scottish Museum 331 306 25
National Insurance Audit Department 755 431 324
Friendly Societies Registry 176 157 19
Crown Lands, Commissioners of 102 89 13
Ordnance Survey 1,750 1,074 676
Development Fund 15 14 1
For the year 1914 (Column (2)), the number of officers serving has been adjusted in order to show as accurate a comparison as possible with the staffs classed as non-industrial on 1st October, 1931

From a comparison of the Appropriation Accounts for the years 1930–31 and 1913–14 it appears that the following six

postal communications received and of persons interviewed was 6,246, as against 5,125 during March, 1932