HC Deb 08 April 1936 vol 310 c2752
10. Mr. POTTS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of persons now employed at the Foreign Office and the number so employed in 1914?

Viscount CRANBORNE

The staff of the Foreign Office and Passport Office, including the staff of messengers, cleaners, etc., amounts to 794, as compared with 189 in 1914.