§ 1. Sir W. Smilesasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the approximate number and the annual cost of the civil servants administering the rationing and issuing supplementary licences for petrol.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerAs I said in answer to a Question last Monday, 1,862 civil servants are employed in my Department on petrol rationing, and 480 in the Ministry of Transport. The cost of their salaries is about £785,000 a year. The cost for Northern Ireland is £62,000, but I do not know the numbers of their staff.