§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the approximate number of established and unestablished clerical staff employed under the Admiralty in each of the following years: 1913, 1920, 1930, and 1937?
Mr. CooperComplete statistics are not available, and it is not possible without a considerable expenditure of time and labour to give the required figures for the years 1913 and 1920. The approximate figures, excluding locally entered staff abroad, for the years 1930 and 1937 are:
Year. Established. Unestablished. 1930 … 2,670 870 1937 … 3,680 750