§ Mr. BENNETTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is intended that the Liquidation and Disposals Commission shall come to an end in March next; what is the number of the staff now in existence, and whether any will be retained after the month mentioned: and what stocks, if any, still remain to be handled?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe Surplus Stores, etc., Liquidation Department will cease to exist on 31st March next. Any business outstanding on that date will be transferred to existing Departments
— Clerical Glasses (Men). Clerical Classes (Women). Writing Assistants (Women). Shorthand Typists and Typists (Women). Numbers— 1st April, 1924 … … 24,763 6,831 4,297 2,848 1925 … … 26,133 6,792 4,120 3,188 1926 … … 26,221 7,339 4,603 3,378 Deaths in financial years:— 1924–5 … … 81 6 8 3 1925–6 … … 93 6 10 4 1926–7 … … Figures not available.