§ Brigadier Raynerasked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons are employed centrally and regionally in the operation of each individual raw material control of his Department; what is the total annual payroll in each case; and what proportion this bears to the cash value of the materials controlled.
§ Mr. BelcherThe cost of the headquarters staff of the Raw Materials Department (i.e., the centrally employed staff) cannot be allocated between the individual Raw Materials Controls, as it deals with general policy and with many materials for which there is no individual control. The figures given below show, therefore, the annual payroll of each individual Raw Material Trading Control based on the numbers in post on 1st July, 1947. Column 4 indicates the proportion which the payroll bears to the sales by the Controls of those raw materials in which they themselves trade.