§ Mr. LYNNasked the Postmaster-General the number of officials in the employment of the National Telephone Company at the time the undertaking was 595W transferred to the Post Office; the amount paid in wages and salaries annually; the number employed at present; and the amount paid in wages and salaries during the last financial year?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHThe total number of officers in the employment of the National Telephone Company at the time that undertaking was transferred to the Post Office was about 19,050, and the company's annual wage-bill* amounted to £1,243,000. The average number of Post Office servants employed in the Telephone service in the financial year 1919–20 was approximately 44,500, and the total amount† paid to these officers in that year was £7,600,000, including war bonus. The figures relating to the Post Office staff include the staff employed on services— that is, the trunk service—which were not controlled by the Company at the time of the transfer.