§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if an expenditure of £150, exclusive, of salaries and medical officers' fees, for a recruiting staff of five men in Scotland for sixteen days represents the usual cost of such missions; and if recruiting parties ordinarily consist of a medical officer, a Civil Service clerk, a drill sergeant, and a constable messenger?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe cost of an expedition varies somewhat according to its duration, the distance travelled, and the number of the staff employed. As a rule, the recruiting party consists of a medical officer, two Civil Service clerks, and a police constable; this being the minimum staff.