§ Wing-Commander Cooperasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the number of non-industrial civil servants employed by the Department of Civil Aviation of the Air Ministry on 1st January, 1938, and on 1st January, 1943; the number employed by his Department on 1st January, 1946, and the number employed and the establishment laid down at the present time.
Mr. Ivor ThomasThe figures are as follow:
NON-INDUSTRIAL STAFF EMPLOYED ON CIVIL AVIATION DUTIES. 1. Under the Air Ministry. Headquarters. Outstations. Total. 1st January, 1938 149 455 604 1st January,1943 105 548 653 The above figures do not include staff provided for common services with other Departments of the Air Ministry or Headquarters Staff of the Civil Aviation Telecommunications Service which formed part of the Directorate-General of Signals, Air Ministry.
2. Under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Headquarters. Outstations. Total. 1stJanuary,1946 437 794 1,231 20th February, 1946 506 834 1,340 3. Ministry of Civil Aviation Non-industrial Establishment. Headquarters. Outstations. Total. 20th February, 1946 594 1,008 1,602