§ 33. Mr. Fosterasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the total number of persons employed under his Ministry, the number in the department of the regional controller in each area, separately, and the percentage of males as against females.
Major Lloyd GeorgeAs the reply involves a number of figures, I propose to publish it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The total number of persons employed by my Department is 5,107, of whom 226 are part-time employees. Of the total of 5,107, 36 per cent. are males.
1795§ The separate figures for the 12 Regions are as follows:
| Total | Percentage of Males. | ||
| Scotland | 329 | … | 31.4 |
| Northern "A" | 59 | … | 44.8 |
| Northern "B" | 171 | … | 34.7 |
| North Western | 393 | … | 31.6 |
| North Eastern | 323 | … | 36.9 |
| North Midland | 321 | … | 42.1 |
| Midland | 398 | … | 21.1 |
| Wales | 267 | … | 36.7 |
| South Western | 292 | … | 28.4 |
| Southern | 245 | … | 28.2 |
| Eastern | 242 | … | 20.2 |
| London and South Eastern | 436 | … | 24.2 |
| Total for Regions | 3,476 | … | 30.4 |
§ About half the Regional staff are employed in the Regional Petroleum Offices.