HC Deb 09 April 1952 vol 498 cc2726-7
40. Mr. Janner

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of home-based civil servants of his Department serving abroad in the clerical, executive and works group, including mechanical and electrical engineers, scientific, technical, draughtsmen and other categories, respectively.

Mr. Birch

As the answer consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Martin Lindsay

Could my hon. Friend indicate whether he considers the position to be satisfactory, or whether his Department is under-staffed or overstaffed in this respect? If it is overstaffed, does he hope to make reductions?

Mr. Birch

I do not think that the position of postings overseas is unsatisfactory at the present time.

Following is the table:

AIR MINISTRY U.K. BASED STAFF SERVING ABROAD AS AT 1ST APRIL, 1952—
Total numbers
EXECUTIVE 91
CLERICAL 82
WORKS GROUP:
Professional:
Civil Engineering 54
Mechanical and Electrical 28
Surveying 20
Lands 6
Drawing Office:
Architectural 19
Mechanical and Electrical 19
Technical:
Civil Engineering 100
Mechanical and Electrical 102
Surveying 24
Others:
Stores Grade 7
379
SCIENTIFIC 207
OTHERS 230
Total staff (U.K. based) overseas 989