§ 138. Mr. Errollasked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of civil servants of all grades employed in his Department at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. BelcherThe total number of staff employed in the Board of Trade on 1st April, 1946, was 23,790, comprising 14,956 non-industrial and 8,834 industrial. About 6,30o of the non-industrial and the whole of the industrial staff were transferred to the Board, between the 1st October, 1945, and 1st April, 1946, from the Ministry of Supply, from the former Ministry of Production, and Department of Overseas Trade.