HC Deb 15 February 1933 vol 274 cc1029-30W
Mr. LAMBERT

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what were the numbers of persons employed at the Admiralty and the naval out-port establishments, respectively, in July, 1914, and the latest available date, together with the present naval personnel?

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

The numbers are as follow:

Royal Navy. Number.
15th January, 1933 89,984 (including 559 Royal Marine Police)

Persons (other than Naval personnel paid as such) employed at the Admiralty and at Naval out-port establishments at home and abroad on the nearest comparable dates:

— Admiralty. Outports. Total.
July, 1914 1,920 69,284 71,204
1st October, 1932 (the latest figures available). 2,680 64,122 66,802