HC Deb 24 June 1947 vol 439 c44W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for Air 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. P. Noel-Baker

There are at present 128 Royal Air Force storage and repair depots in the United Kingdom, at which 36,448 members of the Royal Air Force and 30,954 civilians are employed. Before the war there were 61 similar depots.