§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the First; Lord of the Admiralty how many officers and men, respectively, have been invalided from the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Division since the War began; and what are the approved organisations, with their addresses, dealing with the problem of finding work for them?
§ Dr. MACNAMARATo give the figures asked for in the first part of the hon. and gallant Member's question would involve expenditure of time and labour which cannot easily be spared. As regards the latter part of the question, I would invite attention to Parliamentary Paper (Cd. 7915) of 1915. At each naval shore establishment registers are kept of men invalided from the Navy who are candidates and are considered suitable for light employment on shore. Employment is also provided by various outside agencies, such as the Navy Employment Agency, to the funds of which the Admiralty continues to make a substantial Grant year by year, and the Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society We have also recently been in communication with the Board of Trade in regard to the matter, and I understand that arrangements have been made for putting the various Labour Exchanges in touch with men invalided from the Service with a view to securing appropriate employment for them.