§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Secretary of State for War what was the total number of military and civilians, not including the Military Secretary's Department, employed at the War Office Territorial Branch in August, 1914; November, 1918, and November, 1919, and the monthly cost for salaries and wages on each of these dates?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe information is as follows:
Number of staff. Approximate monthly cost. August, 1914 9 £370 November, 1918 164 £2,340 November, 1919 64 £1,590 During the War the administration of the Volunteer Force and of Cadet units was added to the duties of the Directorate, and the figures for November, 1918 and 1919, include the staff engaged on that work. The staff engaged on Territorial Force work numbers at present seventeen, and the monthly cost is £810.