Sir W. PRESTONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of staff employed at the Disposal 1327W Board on 12th March, 1923; and what is the number of staff employed by the Liquidation Commission, which has now taken over the work of the Disposal Board?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERThe headquarters staff of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission on the 12th March last numbered 749 and is now 694. I would explain that the Disposal Board was a body constituted under the Disposal and Liquidation Commission, and that the change which has taken place is that the Disposal Board and the Liquidation Board were dissolved on the 31st March last The supervision previously exercised by these Boards is now exercised by the Commission direct.