§ Sir J. Smedley Crookeasked the Minister of Labour how many disabled 1321W ex-service men were employed through the King's National Roll scheme at March, 1938; the number employed at the latest available date; the numbers employed at each date in Government Departments, by local authorities, and by firms enrolled in the scheme; and whether any records are kept of the numbers of men in categories A, B and C, who are employed through the scheme?
§ Mr. E. BrownAt April, 1938, and April, 1939, the numbers of disabled ex-service men employed by members of the King's National Roll were 316,776 and 322,218 respectively.
These figures are made up as follows:
Disabled Ex-Service men employed by 4th April, 1938 3rd April, 1939 Government Departments. 56,458 56,645 Local Authorities 35,730 35,544 Firms 224,588 230,029 Records are not maintained to show the numbers of disabled ex-service men in the categories A, B and C, who are employed under the King's Roll scheme.
§ Sir J. Smedley Crookeasked the Minister of Labour how many firms were members of the King's Roll at March, 1938, and at the latest available date; what was the number of local authorities enrolled at the same dates; and the number of local authorities who are not now members of the King's Roll but might reasonably be expected to enrol?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe numbers of firms enrolled on the King's National Roll at April, 1938, and April, 1939, were 23,087 and 24,309 respectively. At the same dates, the numbers of local authorities enrolled were 989 and 977 respectively. At April, 1939, 173 local authorities who were not members of the Roll might, in the opinion of the King's Roll Committees, reasonably have been expected to enrol.