§ Sir F. WISEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give the various post-War Departments which were not in existence in 1914, with the cost of each Department and the numbers of the staff, respectively?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe following Departments did not exist in 1914: Air Ministry, Forestry Commission, Department of Overseas Trade, Ministry of Pensions, National Savings Committee, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, State Management Districts, and2022W Imperial War Museum. The Estimates for 1925–26 for these Departments provide for a total net expenditure of £82,866,711. The total non-industrial staff of these Departments at 1st October, 1925, numbered 19,180. The hon. Member will find details of expenditure and certain particulars of staff in the Estimates and in the Quarterly Statement of Staffs employed in Government Departments. The figures shown above do not include the Ministry of Labour, the Mines Department of the Board of Trade, and the Ministry of Transport, which existed in nucleus in 1914 as parts of other Departments.