§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he can state the aggregate amount of liability incurred in the payment of regional office staff of all grades up to the time of the discontinuance of such offices as originally established?
Sir E. GriģģThe aggregate amount of liability incurred in the payment of all grades of temporary staff employed in the regional offices of the Ministry of Information up to the time of the expiry of their notices is estimated at £4,500. The exact figures cannot be furnished since some of the weekly staff may, according to local exigencies, be continued for a short time on a week-to-week basis, but the estimate given takes account of this. This figure does not include the remuneration of established civil servants seconded to the Ministry from other Departments, whose salaries are paid by their original Departments.