HC Deb 08 December 1932 vol 272 cc1806-8W
Mr. PATRICK

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to which official class, and to which Ministry, had be- longed each of the British officials of Class V and upwards who left the service of the Egyptian Government (excluding the Egyptian University) during the years 1930, 1931 and 1932; whether he will give the corresponding information with regard to British officials recruited during the same period; whether there was a net increase in the number of non-British foreign officials in the service of the Egyptian Government during 1930, 1931 and 1932; and in how many cases were such officials appointed to posts of Class V and upwards formerly held by British subjects?

— Number of British Officials who left. Number of British Officials recruited.
1930. 1930.
Class I … … 6 (Finance 1, Public Works 1, Communications 2, Education 1, Interior 1). 2 (Finance 1, Public Works 1).
Class II … … 9 (Finance 2, Public Works 3, Communications 2, Interior 2). 5 (Finance 4, Interior 1, Agriculture 1).
Class III … … 5 (Public Works 3, Interior 1, War and Marine 1). 0 -
Class IV … … 14 (Finance 2, Public Works 3, Agriculture 2, Communications 7). 3 (Finance).
Class V … … 12 (Public Works 1, Communications 11). 13 (Finance 5, Education 1, Communications 7).
46 Total. 23 Total.
1931. 1931.
Class I … … 6 (Finance 2, Justice 1, Communications 3). 4 (Finance 1, Justice 1, War and Marine 1, Interior 1).
Class II … … 6 (Finance 3, Public Works 1, Communications 2). 7 (Communications 4, War and Marine 1, Education 1, Interior 1)
Class III … … 4 (Education 1, Interior 1, Public Works, 1, Agriculture 1). 0 -
Class IV … … 7 (Finance 1, Communications 5, War and Marine 1). 2 (Interior 1, Communications 1).
Class V … … 4 (Finance 1, Interior 2, Communications 1). 14 (Finance 2, Interior 6, Public Works 1, Communications 5).
27 Total. 27 Total.
1932. 1932.
Class I … … 5 (Justice 1, Finance 1, Communications 1, War and Marine 1, Agriculture 1). 3 (Communications 2, War and Marine 1).
Class II … … 1 (Communications) 1 (War and Marine).
Class III … … 2 (Finance 1, Interior 1) 1 (Finance).
Class IV … … 6 (Finance 2, Communications 3, Interior 1). 2 (Communications 1, Interior 1).
Class V … … 10 (Finance 6, Communications 4) 1 (Public Works).
24 Total. 8 Total.

Mr. EDEN

The information asked for will be found in the table appended. Every endeavour has been made to ensure accuracy, and it will be found that there are some slight variations in the 1930 figures from the answers previously given. The number of non-British foreign officials has not increased since 1929, and I am aware of no case since that year in which a British official has been replaced by a foreigner. The staff of the Egyptian University and the teaching staff of the Ministry of Education are not included in the figures now given.