§ Mr. Gledhillasked the Minister of Aircraft Production the total number of Aeronautical Inspection Department employees; and what percentage are living away and receiving subsistence allowance who could be moved back to their homes.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe total number of employees, including industrials, is 16,800. As to the second part of the Question, I am not aware of any such cases. The policy of my Department is only to employ staff away from home on subsistence allowance when their return would impair the Department's efficiency. Individual applications for transfer near home are carefully considered, and, where the arrangement of the work permits, are granted.