§ 45. Mr. Manderasked the Prime Minister which Minister will be responsible for the central staff proposed to be set up in connection with the Government's employment plans, as explained in Cmd. 6527, paragraph 81.
§ The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee)The present Central Staff (the Central Statistical Office and the Economic Section of the War Cabinet Secretariat) are part of the Offices of the War Cabinet, the cost of which is borne on the Treasury Vote. Future arrangements are 889 still under consideration; but for the present at any rate the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Minister to whom Questions in regard to this Central Staff should be addressed. Its services will, of course, be available to all Ministers.