§ Mr. D. Jonesasked the Minister of Transport if he will furnish the figures of the following grades of railway staffs of the main line companies, appointed and unappointed, who have resigned their employment since the withdrawal of the Essential Work Order excluding retirements under age rules or deaths: footplate staff and cleaners, locomotive shed staff signalmen, guards, shunters, goods cartage staff, goods handling staff, permanent way staff, signal and telegraph staff, other 195W conciliation staff, railway workshop staff, clerical staff and supervisory staff.
§ Mr. BarnesUp to 30th April, the figures were: Footplate staff and cleaners, 7,127; locomotive shed staff, 2,665; signalmen, 890; guards, 821; shunters, 1,723; goods cartage staff, 2,280; goods handling staff, 7,454; permanent way staff, 6,110; signal and telegraph staff, 585; other conciliation staff, 10,337; railway workshop staff, 9,971; clerical and supervisory staff, 6,500–56,463.