§ Mr. K. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many personal secretaries, shorthand typists and machine operators were employed in his Department in May, 1959 and May, 1961.
§ Mr. SandysThe numbers of staff in these grades employed in my Department, which inolude United Kingdom based staff serving in posts abroad, are as follows:
— 1st May, 1959 1st May, 1961 Personal Secretaries … 54 66 Shorthand Typists … 39 43 Machine Operators … 0 0 TOTAL … 93 109