HC Deb 07 July 1947 vol 439 c203W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of depots and stores in use by his Department and the number of persons employed, indicating how many are Service and how many civilian personnel; and how many of these depots or stores were in use as such prior to the war.

Mr. W. Edwards

There are at present in the United Kingdom 185 Admiralty stores and depots, employing approximately 300 Naval and 39,000 civilian personnel. There were 65 depots in use before the war.