§ Mr. VIANTasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of persons employed in his Department who are in receipt of salary and pension, apart from war or disability pension?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe available information relates to permanent staff and branch managers, and to temporary staff receiving £250 or more in annual salary. These include 69 persons who are in receipt of extra remuneration of £50 a year or more by way of pension, retired pay, compensation or superannuation allowance from public funds, not being remuneration received from local authorities or disability pensions and similar payments, or pensions in respect of service as non-commissioned officers or men in the Navy, Army, or Air Force. The collection of similar information with regard to the other members of the staff would involve a disproportionate expenditure of time and money, since it would entail individual inquiry from each of them.