ORGANISATION.

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28. Mr. Lewis

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether the plans for the Ministry of Information, for which the present Lord Privy Seal was responsible, were put into operation after the outbreak of war; or whether the Minister of Information modified to any substantial extent these plans before they were put into operation?

Sir E. Grigg

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; and accordingly, the second part does not arise.

29. Brigadier-General Spears

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information, how many of the redundant staff of the Ministry have been or will be transferred to other Government Departments, and to what Government Departments they are being transferred?

Sir E. Grigg

As the answer involves a number of figures, I am circulating a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

Under the rearrangement of the work of the Ministry recently announced, the following transfers of staff have been made from the Ministry, with effect from midnight 8th-9th October, to the

Admiralty	9
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	2
Air Ministry	8
Colonial Office	4
Dominions Office	2
Board of Education	2
Ministry of Food	1
Foreign Office	14
Ministry of Health	2
Home Office	1
India Office	2
Ministry of Labour	2
Board of Trade	1
Scottish Office	1
War Office	9

In addition, the censorship staff of the Ministry, consisting of more than 300 persons, and the staff responsible for the centralised issue of Government news to the Press and the B.B.C., exceeding 50 persons, have been transferred to the organisation of which Sir Walter Monckton is in charge.

26. Sir H. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he will arrange to publish a list of the headquarters staff of the Ministry, other than clerical and messengers, stating the salary of each officer, and a statement of their previous occupations?

Sir E. Grigg

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list giving the information asked for in my hon. Friend's question.

Following is the list:

Minister.

• The Rt. Hon. The Lord Macmillan, P.C., G.C.V.O. (£5,000).

Chief Adviser to the Minister and Controller of Press Relations.

• The Lord Cam rose (Unpaid).

Parliamentary Secretary.

• Sir Edward Grigg, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S O., M.C., M.P. (£1,500).

Director-General.

• Sir S. Findlater Stewart, G.C.B., G.C.I.E., C.S.I. (£3,000). Civil Servant.

Deputy Director-General.

• A. P. Waterfield, C.B. (£2,000). Civil Servant.

Assistant Director-General.

• Ivison S. Macadam, C.B.E., M V.O. (Not yet fixed). Secretary Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Adviser on Foreign Publicity.

• The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Perth, P.C., G.C.M.G., C.B. (Not yet fixed). Civil Servant.

Directors.

• Sir Joseph Ball, K.B.E. (Unpaid). Deputy Chairman, National Publicity Bureau.
• E. St. J. Bamford, C.M.G. (£1,150—£1,500) Civil Servant.
• J. B. Beresford, C.B.E. £1,150—£1,500). Civil Servant.
• Lt.-Gen. Sir Ronald Charles, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. (Unpaid). Army (retired).
• E. T. Crutchley, C.B., C.M.G. (£1,650). Civil Servant.
• W. Surrey Dane (Not yet fixed). Publicity Director.
• Professor John Hilton (Not yet fixed). Professor Cambridge University.
• H. V. Hodson (Not yet fixed). Editor "Round Table."
• Sir Kenneth Lee, LL.D. (Unpaid). Manufacturer.
• Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.S.I., LL.D. (Not yet fixed). Director of English Speaking Union.

Other Posts.

• G. H. F. Abraham (£600—£800) Major, Royal Marines (retired).
• L. Adie (£400—£500). Secretary, International Research Association.
• A. L. B. Ashton (£1,161). Civil Servant.
• G. A. Aynsley (£700—£860). Civil Servant.
• M. G. Balfour (£600—£800). Tutor, Oxford.
• R. E. Balfour (£600—£800). Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
• D. N. Barbour (£600—£800). Writer.
• Miss G. M. Barker (£250—£325). Secretary of Public Affairs Committee E.S.U.
• Miss M. P. Beardsley (£204). Civil Servant.
• R. E. Beausire (£600—£800). Commercial.
• O. Bell (£600—£800). Director, British Film Institute.
• W. Beninck (£600—£800). Commercial.
• P. H. Bennett (£600—£800). Travel and Industrial Development Association.
• R. A. P. Bevan (£1,000). Publicist
• J. W. Bird (£286). Typographer.
• Mrs. P. C. Biscoe (£250—£325). Secretary.
• W. F. Blute (£325). Proof Reader.
• H. E. Bowman, C.M.G., C.B.E. (£600—£800). Director of Education, Palestine.
• H. C. Bowen (£600—£800). Civil Servant.
• S. J. Bown (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• H. B. Brenan (£600—£800). Travel and Industrial Development Association.
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• Lt.-Col. C. E. D. Bridge, C.M.G., D.S.O. £1,450—£1,650). Secretary-General, British Council.
• G. W. Browne (£625—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• Miss E. T. Brydie (£250—£325). Private Secretary.
• E. Burney (£625—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• T. Burns (£250—£350). Journalist.
• R. D. O. Butler (£250—£350). Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
• Professor E. H. Carr (£800—£1,000). Civil Servant (retired).
• O. H. Bonham-Carter (£600—£800). Civil Servant.
• E. C. Chancellor (£600—£800). Army (retired).
• S. D. Charles (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• W. C. Chesterman (£650—£750). Civil Servant.
• D. K. Clarke (£600—£800). General Secretary, Conservative Research Department.
• S. Clarke (£600—£800). Publicist.
• H. Claughton, C.B.E. (£600—£800). Clerk of the Court, London University.
• E. G. Collieu (£600—£800). Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
• V. E. Cornelius (Unpaid). Diplomatic Service.
• Sir K. Cornwallis, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. (£600—£800). Egyptian Civil Service.
• W. L. Cottier £625—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• H. D. R. Cowan (£800—£1,150). Civil Servant.
• H. H. Croll (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• W. G. Crossley (£700—£860). Civil Servant.
• R. H. S. Crossman (£750). Journalist and Publicist.
• Miss M, B. Culley (£250—£325). Conservative Central Office.
• H. R. Cummings (£600—£800). B.B.C.
• J. R. Darling (£800—£1,000). Headmaster.
• F. O. Darvall, M.A., Ph.D. (£600—£800). Journalist and Public Relations Officer of English Speaking Union.
• Miss M. L. Davis (£250—£325). Royal Institute of International Affairs.
• E. M. O'R. Dickey (£1,200—£1,400). Civil Servant.
• Dr. G. C. Dixon (£500—£650). Editor of Official Journal, League of Nations.
• F. H. Dowden (£400—£700). Civil Servant.
• C. Drew (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• W. R. Elliott (£625—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• E. J. Embleton (£832). Publicity Manager.
• B. Ifor Evans (£800—£1,000). Professor English Language, University of London.
• K. Fairfax (£338). Journalist.
• B. D. Farrer (£436). Journalist.
• R. Ferguson (£500). Civil Servant.
• G. E. G. Forbes (£1,150—£1,500). Civil Servant.
• Miss R. Foster (£350—£425). Local Education Authority.
• H. R. Francis (£1,000). Commercial Advertising.
• J. H. Francis (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• R. Fraser (£1,000). Journalist.
• L. D. Gammans (£800). Civil Servant.
• J. F. Gennings, C.I.E., C.B.E. (£600—£800). Director of Information, Commissioner of Labour, etc., Bombay.
• Miss E. A. Gilbert (£450). Layout and Typographer.
• Miss M. C. Glasgow (£400—£590). Civil Servant.
• C. B. Good (£600—£800). Commercial.
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• E. J. Gough (£450). Secretary of European Group, Indian Central Legislature.
• Dr. R. W. Greaves (£400). Lecturer, London University.
• H. E. B. Green (£400—£700). Civil Servant.
• R. B. Green (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• G. K. Grierson (£650—£1,100). Civil Servant Lady (James) Grigg (£500—£650). Secretary, Pilgrim Trust.
• H. W. Grigsby (£1,000). Publicist.
• K. Grubb (£800—£1,000). Director of Research Survey Trust.
• A. A. F. Haigh (£275—£625). Diplomatic Service.
• Lord Hailey (Unpaid).
• D. H. W. Hall (£900—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• D. J. Hall (£600—£800). Civil Servant.
• W. A. B. Hamilton (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• Miss V. S. Handcock (£250—£325). Political and Economic Planning.
• Professor V. Harlow (£800—£1,000). Professor, King's College, London.
• S. Heald (£600—£800). Civil Servant.
• A. J. Henderson (£600—£800). Journalist.
• A. G. Higher, M.B.E. (£900—£1,050). Civil Servant.
• Viscount Hood (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• Hon. R. Hope (£600—£800). Schoolmaster.
• Gervas Huxley (Unpaid). Technical Member, International Tea Marketing Board.
• Professor E. E. Jackh (£800—£1,000). Professor of International Affairs.
• E. J. W. Jackson (£1,100—£1,200). Civil Servant.
• E. H. Jeffs (£250—£350). Editor of "Christian World."
• K. R. Johnstone (£800—£1,100). Diplomatic Service.
• A. Hope-Jones, M.A. (£600—£800). Lecturer, Cambridge University.
• R. V. Jones (Unpaid). Liberal Party Organisation.
• J. M. Judd (£962). Publicity Manager.
• M. V. Kitchin (£400—£500). Reuters.
• Miss B. Lawrence (£250—£325). Statistician.
• F. Burton Leach, C.I.E. (£600—£800).
• Indian Civil Servant (retired).
• A. Lindsey (£600—£800). Secretariat of Social and Economic Research Society.
• Miss M. W. Lloyd (£250—£325). Civil Servant.
• M. Trappes-Lomax (£400—£500). Journalist.
• L. M. MacBride (£1,000). Journalist.
• D. MacDermot (£800). Consular Service.
• J. C. S. Macgregor (£600—£800). B.B.C.
• G. T. Maclean (£1,500). Consular Service.
• K. Maclennan (£1,000). Secretary, Conference of Missionary Societies.
• Miss E. Macleod (£350—£450) Editorial Assistant, Lord Hailey's African Survey.
• Miss J. O. McLachlan (£250—£325). Fellow Girton College, Cambridge.
• N. F. McNicholl (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• J. E. Madden (£600—£800). Commercial.
• H. T. Maling (£400). Research Assistant.
• P. de la H. le Marquand (£275—£525). Civil Servant.
• R. H. K. Marett {£600—£800). Newspaper Correspondent.
• J. G. Marshall (£700). Art Editor.
• Rev. H. Martin (£600—£800). Managing Director of Student Movement Press.
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• Prof. B. J. Matthews, M.A. (£600—£800). Professor of Christian World-Relations, Boston University.
• R. Nunn May (£600—£"800). General Secretary, National Union of Students.
• Miss P. Mearns (£250—£325). Private Secretary.
• C.de Mornay (£468). Artist.
• E. R. Mount (£468). Artist.
• L. O. Nash (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• E. Max Nicholson (£1,000). General Secretary, Political and Economic Planning.
• D. O'Donovan (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• C D. W. O'Neill (£600—£800). Diplomatic Service (retired).
• Hon. E. Packenham (Unpaid). Fellow, Oxford University.
• J. M. Parrish (£1,000). Chief Copywriter.
• G. Parsloe (£700). Secretary and Librarian, Institute of History.
• Professor (Miss) L. M. Penson, LL.D. (£1,000). Professor Modern History, London University.
• A. D. Peters (£600—£800). Literary and Dramatic Agent.
• M. W. Phillips (£450). Labour Party Organisation.
• R. E. R. Phillips (£510—£940). Civil Servant.
• E. D. P. Pinks (£600—£800). Commercial.
• Miss O. W, Pound (£700—£940). Civil Servant.
• J. A. P. Powers (£250). Statistical Research Worker.
• Sir John Pratt (£800—£1.000). Consular Service.
• F. G. Price (£550—££50). Civil Servant.
• R. Ronton (£400—£500). Parliamentary Agent.
• H. V. Rhodes (£1,100 plus £100 allowance). Civil Servant.
• J. Duval Rice (£400—£500). Journalist.
• J. G. Hughes-Roberts, "M.V.O. (£700—££860). Civil Servant.
• W. G. Robinson (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• D. A. Routh (£525). University of Oxford Lecturer.
• H. S. Scott (£400). Director of Education, Transvaal.
• G. F. Seel (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• Gordon Selfridge (Jnr.) (Unpaid). Business Director.
• C. L. Shard (£1,000). Book Editorial and Production.
• R. Sharp (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• F. C. Sharpley (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• C. H. Gibbs-Smith (£337—£563). Civil Servant.
• P. L. Hamilton-Smith (Unpaid). Clerk.
• H. G. Smith (£286). Artist.
• Miss Thyra Smith (£510—£940). Civil Servant.
• H. P. Smollett (£800—£1,000). Exchange Telegraph Co.
• Mrs. J. Spicer (£250—£325). Commercial.
• G. Spry (£600—£800). Editor.
• V. J. G. Stavridi (£600—£800). Solicitor.
• A. B. Steel (£600—£800). Secretary of Faculty of Board of History, Cambridge.
• Miss M. Stephens (£250—£325). Secretary.
• R. B. Stevens (£600—£800). Consular Service.
• W. H. Stevenson (£1,200). Journalist and Publicist.
• A. Stewart (£600—£800). B.B.C.
• G. H. Stewart (£250—£350). Assistant to Professor Hilton.
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• M. N. E. Stewart (£337—£563). Civil Servant.
• C. W. Strickland (£728). Office Manager.
• R. Syme (£600—£800). Trinity College, Oxford.
• A. C. B. Symon (£800—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• Charles Tower (£800—£1,000). Journalist.
• S. E. Trenaman (£550—£650). Civil Servant.
• C. T. Trumble (£364). Artist.
• W. G. V. Vaughan (£1,000). Publicist.
• Miss P. M. Veit (£250—£325). Secretary.
• Sir Edward Villiers (£800). Director of New World Pictures Ltd.
• M. Vinden (£250—£350). Professor of Music, Trinity College.
• Prot. E. A. Walker (£600—£800). Professor, Cambridge University.
• A. F. Watts (£625—£1,100). Civil Servant.
• H. G. G. Welch (£1,150—£1,500). Civil Servant.
• Miss J. M. Westley (£250—£325). Royal Institute of International Affairs.
• L. F. Rushbrooke-Williams, C.B.E., J.P. (£1,000). Civil Servant.
• Lady Rhys Williams, D.B.E. (£500—£650). Hon. Secretary, Joint Council of Midwifery.
• J. A. Williamson (£600—£800). Member of Council, Historical Association.
• A. D. Wilson (£337—£504). Civil Servant.
• G. O. Wiskeman (£600—£800). Commercial.
• Dr. T. Wood (£600—£800). Author and Musical Composer.
• D.B. Woodburn (£800—£1,100 plus £100 allowance). Civil Servant.
• Miss M. Wrong (£500—£650). Secretary, Christian Literature Committee.
• G. P. Young (£275—£625). Civil Servant.
• H. R. M. Young (£550—£650). Civil Servant.