HC Deb 05 September 1940 vol 365 c33W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can now give any estimate of the amount of early plums which will remain unpicked through lack of demand; and whether, as an emergency measure, he will insist upon the placing of some part of this crop in cold storage?

Mr. Boothby

No machinery exists for providing the figures asked for by my hon. Friend but reliable information received in my Department indicates that no considerable proportion of the early plum crop is likely to remain unpicked. My Noble Friend sees no ground for

NUMBERS EMPLOYED AS AT 22ND AUGUST, 1940.
Grade. Headquarters. Outstations (approximate).
Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.
Clerical Officers 1,094 692 1,786
Clerical Assistant 584 584 1 1
"S" Class Clerks (Established) 68 68
"S" Class Clerks (Unestablished) 22 22
Temporary Clerks:—
Grade I 2 2
Grade II 84 4 88
Grade III 1,051 650 1,701 2,847 1,170 4,017
Air Service Clerks, Grade II 9 9
Air Service Clerks, Grade III 6 6 538 1 539
Air Service Assistant Clerks (Established) 11 11 465 465
Air Service Assistant Clerks (Temporary) 14 14 761 761
Chief Superintendents of Typists 3 3
Superintendents of Typists (Established) 25 25 4 4
Superintendents of Typists (Temporary) 1 1
Shorthand Typists (Established) 158 158 49 49
Shorthand Typists (Temporary) 118 118 358 358
Typists (Established) 175 175 41 41
Typists (Temporary) 224 224 232 232
Totals 2,352 2,634 4,986 4,620 1,856 6,476

The above numbers do not include staff now serving with His Majesty's Forces, nor, in the case of oversea stations, staff entered locally.