HC Deb 03 June 1942 vol 380 c651
77. Mr. William Brown

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers classified A, from a health point of view, and under 40 years of age, engaged in War Office establishments on clerical work which could be done by older men or by women?

The Secretary of State for War (Sir James Grigg)

This information is not available, and the time and labour needed to collect it would not in my opinion be justified.

Mr. Brown

Is not my right hon. Friend aware that these cases run into many thousands? If I send him specimen examples of this kind of thing, will he be good enough to look into them? It would make a valuable contribution to the manpower problem if he would.

Sir J. Grigg

I do not think there are many thousands, because the whole staff is not many thousands.