§ 52. Sir ROBERT YOUNGasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether there is for the Admiralty, Air and War Departments a technical costs section for each Department; and whether the technical costs section in each Department is fully equipped with a competent staff to deal with all contingencies that may arise in connection with any rearmament programme deemed necessary in the near future?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. W. S. Morrison)A centralized technical costs section has been found more conducive to efficiency and economy than separate sections in each of the three Defence Departments and provision for this contralised section is now made in Air Estimates. The staff of the section has recently been considerably augmented in order to deal with contingencies which may arise in connection with the re-armament programme and the question of further augmentation is under consideration.
§ Sir R. YOUNGCan my hon. Friend state the number of the staff?
§ Mr. MORRISONNot without notice.