§ 115. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Supply how many C.I.E.M.E. centres are still in operation, including Foxberry, Oakwood, Walsingham, at Chislehurst, the Cloisters, Bickley, the Concert Hall, Blackheath, and Regis House and Adelphi, London; how many persons are employed; what is the cost to the taxpayer; and when will these offices be returned to Woolwich Arsenal.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussThere are at present 16 C.I.E.M.E. centres, which include only two of the seven buildings mentioned in the Question—"Foxberry" and "Walsingham." Six hundred and fifty-three non-industrial and 1,001 industrial workers are employed, at an estimated cost for the current financial year of £628,000. The Headquarters staff were formerly housed in Woolwich Dockyard and not in Woolwich Arsenal. It is improbable that they will return to Woolwich.