§ Mr. DAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether there have been any reductions during the previous 12 months in the higher posts of the Civil Service; and can he give particulars?
Mr. SAMUELDuring the period in question reductions in the number of higher posts in the Civil Service have been effected in the following Departments:
Department. Reduction effected. Air Ministry 2 Colonial Office 1 Board of Education 6 Foreign Office 1 General Register House, Scotland 1 Procurator-General and Treasury Solicitor 1 Supreme Court of Judicature 4 Transport, Ministry of 1 Trade, Board of 1 Welsh Board of Health 1