HC Deb 08 December 1938 vol 342 c1374W
Sir E. Graham-Little

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in connection with the increase in Civil Service staffs, mainly due to the Defence programme, it has been possible to establish a larger number of ex-service men civil servants?

Captain Wallace

The number of ex-service men employed in an established capacity in the Civil Service has increased from 117,800 on 1st April, 1935, to 128,500 on 1st April, 1938, the latest date for which figures are available.