§ 59. Sir I. Fraserasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of officers and men in uniform and the number of civilians employed by his Department in 1937 and in 1957.
§ Mr. R. AllanThe Vote A strength of the Navy on 31st December, 1937, was 109,500, and on 31st December, 1957, 112,700. The numbers of civilians directly employed by the Admiralty on the same dates were about 101,000 and 170,900 respectively.