§ 43. Mr. LEONARDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of indoor and outdoor staff of the Customs and Excise Department as at 1st April in each of the following years: 1914, 1919, 1924, 1929, and 1933?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAs the answer involves a number of figures I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate such as are available in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the figures:
§ The total indoor and outdoor staff of the Customs and Excise Department for the years required as at 1st April, or, in the case of the year 1914, at the date for which figures are available was as follows:—
| 1st August, 1914 | 10,082 |
| 1st April, 1919 | 11,145 |
| 1st April, 1924 | 11,273 |
| 1st April, 1929 | 12,065 |
| 1st April, 1933 | 13,245 |