§ 14. Colonel GRETTONasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total number of the staff employed by the Board of Trade in 1913 and the total of their salaries; and what was the number of the staff in 1931 and the total of their salaries, in the latter case not including the Mines Department and the Overseas Trade Department?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI regret that there are no figures readily available relating to the year 1913, but the staff of the Board of Trade, excluding the branches later transferred to the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Overseas Trade, numbered on the 1st August, 1914, 2,502, and the salary cost of this staff was £466,317 per annum. The average number of staff serving during 1931–32 in the Board, excluding Mines Department and the Department of Overseas Trade, but including Sea Transport Department and the Coastguard transferred since 1914 from other Government Departments, was 4,015, and the total salary cost of staff during that year was £1,159,870. The staff numbers now about 3,930.
§ Colonel GRETTONCan the right hon. Gentleman give me the numbers of the staff of the coastguards and other services which have been transferred to the Board of Trade, if I put down a question?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI shall be glad to do so.
§ Mr. NEIL MACLEANCan the right hon. Gentleman say how many have been added to the staff as a result of the Import Duties?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANNone.