§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Home Secretary how many air-raid precautions workers are enrolled for duty in Scotland; and how many of these are on a paid basis?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe bulk of the personnel engaged in air-raid precautions work are unpaid. Up-to-date figures of enrolled personnel are not, however, available at the moment: with regard to the numbers of whole-time paid volunteers, the local authorities concerned were asked in September to furnish returns, which are still being received; and, further, as my right hon. Friend stated in reply to a question by the right hon. and gallant Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Colonel Wedgwood) on the 5th of this month, the establishment of wholetime personnel is under review.