§ 51. Colonel GRETTONasked the Minister of Health what was the number of the staff employed in the Local Government Board in 1913 and the total 525 of their salaries in that year; and what was the number of the staff employed by the Ministry of Health in the past year 1931 and the total of the salaries paid in that year?
§ The MINISTER of HEALTH (Sir Hilton Young)The Local Government Board staff in 1913 numbered 947; the expenditure on salaries was £250,846. The staff of my Department in 1931 was 6,464 with a. salary cost of £1,850,972.