§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, by nationalities, how many aliens are now being employed in the Foreign Office, War Office and other Government Departments, respectively; and why these posts are not being filled by British subjects.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallNo central record is kept of aliens temporarily employed in Government service, but specific Treasury
Department. German and Stateless. Austrian. Hungarian. Japanese. Roumanian. Total. Admiralty … … … 17 10 — — 2 29 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 1 — — — — 1 Air Ministry … … 3 — — — 1 4 Ministry of Aircraft Production. 2 — — — — 2 British Museum … … 4 — — — — 4 Colonial Office … … 1 — — — — 1 Economic Advisory Branch (F.O. & M.E.W.). 9 1 1 — — 11 Ministry of Economic Warfare. 3 — — — — 3 Enemy Branch (F.O. & M.E.W.). 3 — — — — 3 Ministry of Food … … 4 1 1 — — 6 Foreign Office … … 6 2 1 — — 9 Ministry of Fuel and Power 3 — — — — 3 General Post Office … 3 1 2 — — 6 Home Office … … 1 — — — — 1 Ministry of Information … 7 2 — 1 — 10 Inland Revenue … … — 3 — — — 3 Ministry of Labour … 7 4 — — — 11 Lord Chancellor's Branch, Cambridge. 1 — — — — 1 National Savings Committee — 1 — — — 1 Natural History Museum … 1 — — — — 1 Ministry of Pensions … — 1 — — — 1 Postal and Telegraph Censorship. 1 — — — — 1 Public Trustee Office … 1 — — — — 1 Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research. 5 — — — 1 6 Ministry of Supply … … 9 5 1 — — 15 Ministry of Town and Country Planning. 1 — — — — 1 Board of Trade … … — 1 — — 1 2 War Damage Commission — 1 — — — 1 War Office … … … 7 4 1 — — 12 Ministry of War Transport 1 — — — — 1 Ministry of Works … 1 — — — — 1 Department of Agriculture, Scotland. 1 — — — — 1 Scottish Office, Edinburgh 1 — — — — 1 Welsh Board of Health … — 1 — — — 1 TOTAL … … 104 38 7 1 5 155