§ Major CRAWFURDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many persons are employed on duties of inspection and at what annual cost, classified according to the purpose of the 2325W inspection, under the Ministries of Health, Labour, Mines, and Transport, the Home Office, and the Board of Trade, respectively?
Department. Nature of Service. Number employed. Annual Salaries. £ Ministry of Health … Health and Unemployment Insurance and Widows', etc., Pensions. 570 214,831 *Maternity and Child Welfare 11 5,040 Poor Law 16 17,422 Engineering 20 21,150 Alkali, etc., Works 8 6,927 Institutions, etc., for the Blind 3 2,442 Canal Boats 1 801 Public Cleansing and Salvage 1 801 Grading and Certification of Milk 2 760 Work of Vaccination Officers 1 864 Housing and Town Planning 10 7,653 Total Ministry of Health 643 278,691 Ministry of Labour … Trade Board Inspectors 59 29,510 Mines Department … Mines Inspectorate 105 59,731 Ministry of Transport … Railway Inspectorate 8 7,245 Home Office … Inspection of Factories and Workshops 198 121,168 Inspection of Explosives 5 4,564 Inspection under Cruelty to Animals Act. 2 2,019 Inspection of Constabulary 2 2,489 Inspection under Children Act 8 6,017 Inspection under Dangerous Drugs Act 2 980 Inspection of Prisons 3 3,096 Total Home Office 220 140,334 Board of Trade … Mercantile Marine Department 33 10,047 Inspectors of Ships Provisions Bankruptcy 1 962 *Some of these officers are also employed on Poor Law Inspection.