§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of temporary ex-service civil servants at the present time?
Mr. GUINNESSThe number of ex-service men temporarily employed in the Civil Service on the 1st January last, as shown in Command Paper 2356, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy, was 33,411. A Command Paper showing the numbers employed on the 1st February, 1925, will be available in the course of a few days.