HC Deb 06 March 1924 vol 170 cc1617-8W
Mr. GREAVES-LORD

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of permanent civil servants at present serving in Government Departments which have been created since the 1st August, 1914?

Mr. GRAHAM

The number as at 1st February, 1924, is approximately 11,000, including not only new Departments but Departments of which only a nucleus existed in 1914 as part of some other Department.

Mr. GREAVES-LORD

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of permanent civil servants, exclusive of those employed in Ireland, serving respectively on the 1st Agust, 1914, and the 1st January, 1924?

Mr. GRAHAM

The total staffs in 1914, exclusive of those engaged on Irish Services, were approximately 254,000. Figures are not available as to the number of these who were permanent. The numbers as[...]t 1st January, 1924, are approximately 299,000, of whom 244,000 were permanent.

Mr. GREAVES-LORD

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of permanent civil servants employed in Ireland on the 1st August, 1914?

Mr. GRAHAM

Separate figures of permanent staff are not available, but, as the hon. Member will observe, from the Memorandum of Present and Pre-War Expenditure (Cmd. 1867), the total staff employed on Irish Services in 1914 was 24,800.