HC Deb 05 December 1945 vol 416 c2473W
Squadron-Leader Hulbert

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many R.A.F. drivers or Group 5 personnel are carrying out duties for Ministers or officials of other Departments.

Mr. Strachey

About 190 Royal Air Force drivers and other Group 5 personnel (over 50 of them in France and Germany, are at present carrying out duties for Ministers and officials of other Departments—primarily the Ministry of Aircraft Production. We are discussing their early replacement by civilians with the Ministry of Supply and Aircraft Production and with the Ministry of Civil Aviation.