§ Mr. GLANVILLEasked the Secretary of State for War what is the number of 521W married women, other than widows, who are employed in the various Departments of the War Office at the present time who were not there employed previous to August, 1914; and how many of such married women are the wives of Government servants or of military officers, commissioned or non-commissioned?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI regret this information is not available. It could not be obtained without an elaborate inquiry, and having regard to the reductions of staff and other more pressing work, I am afraid it cannot be undertaken at the present time. I may add that generally speaking in the reductions that are now being effected, women, married or single, who are not dependent on their earnings are among the first to be released.