§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Supply whether he will publish a list of the staff of the Ministry at each headquarters, respectively, excluding clerical and messengers, showing the salary of each officer and their previous occupations?
§ Mr. BurginI have had prepared a list giving the information asked for by my hon. and learned Friend in respect of the headquarters of the Ministry in London and local headquarters in the different areas. It is not yet possible to give full particulars of the various raw materials controls where the staffing arrangements still remain to be definitely settled.
The present total strength of the offices covered by the question is approximately 2,600. Of these 2,100 are clerks, messengers and members of subordinate grades. This leaves a list of 531 names covering 30 pages of foolscap. In the interests of economy I hesitate to incur the cost of so much printing in the OFFICIAL REPORT and propose to place a copy of the list in the Library of the House.