HC Deb 10 July 1931 vol 254 cc2431-2W
Major H. EVANS

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number and estimated cost during the current financial year of persons employed at executive

Established Writing Assistants employed in Government Departments, 1921–1930.
Department. Approximate numbers employed on 1st April in the years:
1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930.
Admiralty — 34 51 81 88 104 93 96 105 118
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of. — 39 40 37 38 39 35 31 35 46
Air Ministry — — 10 10 7 17 18 18 16 14
Customs and Excise — 8 8 22 22 31 29 34 31 12
Education, Board of — — — — — — — — — 30
Exchequer and Audit Department. — — — — — 11 11 11 11 11
Foreign Office — — — — — 2 2 2 2 1
Health, Ministry of (England and Wales). 192 276 244 243 240 386 475 642 687 1,003
Health, Department of (Scotland). 67 60 61 58 58 62 73 75 78 101
Home Office — 7 13 24 22 31 33 33 33 33
Inland Revenue — 173 343 292 300 381 378 383 508 550
Labour, Ministry of 323 418 340 409 354 408 389 364 397 397
Paymaster General — 20 28 29 28 27 28 31 39 47
Pensions, Ministry of — 419 390 381 326 507 447 406 388 359
Post Office 1,693 1,906 2,021 2,491 2,464 2,410 2,513 2,596 2,624 2,709
Public Trustee 41 44 43 46 44 44 46 45 47 49
Registrar General (England). — 17 22 34 34 36 37 40 43 44
Trade, Board of — 9 10 37 10 66 76 77 78 83
Transport, Ministry of — — — — — 4 6 7 10 14
Other Departments — 9 10 10 11 27 24 19 22 20
Total 2,316 3,439 3,634 4,204 4,076 4,593 4,713 4,910 5,154 5,641

and local headquarters in the administration of post-service payments arising from period of employment, disabilities, or other causes?

Mr. AMMON

I regret that this information is not available, and, in the circumstances, I hope that my hon. and gallant Friend will agree that the expenditure of time and labour required to extract it would not be justified.