§ Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of employees now receiving wages or salaries out of Government funds, which would include members of the Civil Service, employees of local authorities and nationalised industries and all other Government employees not in these categories.
§ Mr. IsaacsFull information is not available. As regards Government Departments, however, I would refer the hon. Member to Command Paper No. 7571 for details of non-industrial staffs and to the reply of my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Orpington (Sir W. Smithers) on 2nd November, 1948, regarding the numbers of industrial staffs.