HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 cc157-8W
140. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the Minister of Works what percentage of directly-employed industrial staff, formerly employed by his Department, have refused to re-enter Government service after serving in His Majesty's Forces during the war years.

Mr. Tomlinson

Demobilised men are under no obligation to inform their former employers if they do not intend to exercise their rights under the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act. I am therefore, unable to give an accurate figure, but out of 1,736 directly employed industrial staff called up for service with the Forces, 51 or 3 per cent. have stated that they do not intend to resume work with the Department.