HC Deb 24 July 1962 vol 663 c131W
29. Sir D. Kaberry

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many civil servants, established or permanent and temporary, respectively, were employed in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government departments on 1st March, 1951, and 1st March, 1962, or the nearest available dates; and what was the total respectively of their salaries and wages as paid on those dates.

Mr. Corfield

The first complete financial year of the Department's life ended on 31st March, 1952, when 2,825 established and 570 temporary officers were employed; the cost of salaries and wages for that year was £2,410,614; for the year to 31st March, 1962, the corresponding figures were 2,499 established and 392 temporary officers at a cost of £3,836,054.