§ 60. Sir W. Wakefieldasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when and by how many he is proposing to reduce the number of civil staff employed by his Department, in view of the fact that such civil staff has increased from 10,609 in April, 1938, to 33,038 in April, 1957, whilst the strength of the Royal Navy in 1938 and 1957 was almost the same.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithThe number of non-industrial staff will fall by about 1,000 during this calendar year, ignoring vacancies due to difficulties of recruitment. Further reductions will be taking place over the next five years.