§ 17. Mr. Butcherasked the President of the Board of Trade what increase in personnel and cost there has been in the Public Relations and Press Departments of his Department as compared with the position before the war.
§ Sir S. CrippsA staff of 88 is engaged on information services for home and overseas in my Department; the cost during the quarter ended 31st December last was approximately £9,000. No special provision was made for this work in the Board of Trade before the war, when the work to be done differed widely from that at present undertaken.