§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Minister of Transport if she will seek to reconstitute the British Railways Board and management; and if she will give the figures, year by year, of the increase in managerial staff over the past five years.
§ Mr. SwinglerMy right hon. Friend hopes to announce soon her new policies for transport which will include the establishment of a National Freight Authority and a new approach to the problems of the Railways. It is not yet possible to say what the effects of these policies will be for the structure of the Railways Board. The Railways Board inform her that over the past five years the numbers of management staff comprising the group known as the Senior Officers have been as follows:—
1961 438 1962 445 1963 454 1964 533 1965 596