§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War how many men have been discharged by his Department from temporary civilian labour during the last two months?
§ Mr. SHAWI am not in a position to give this information, which could only be obtained with considerable labour from the various establishments concerned. But from the latest figures available at the War Office it appears that between 1st October, 1929, and 1st January, 1930, the net decrease from all causes in the number of industrial employés of both sexes and all ages in War Department establishments in the United Kingdom was approximately 170 on a total of 24,000.