§ 68. Mr. HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, has now been closed down; if so, will he state the number of employés who have been discharged and the number who have been found employment; and whether any have transferred to Didcot?
§ Mr. COOPERThis establishment has not yet been closed down. The number of workers discharged from the factory since the beginning of December, 1931, is 392. I understand that the number of workers placed in employment by the Ministry of Labour is 57, and that 56 others have passed from that Department's registers into employment. None of the employés have yet been transferred to Didcot.
§ Brigadier-General NATIONCan the hon. Member say what the total saving per annum is expected to be from this reduction?
§ Mr. COOPERI have given the figure frequently in reply to questions, but I cannot remember it at the moment.