HC Deb 19 May 1947 vol 437 cc211-2W
103. Mr. Erroll

asked the Minister of Supply how many non-industrial civil servants of all grades were employed by his Department on 1st August, 1945, 1st August, 1946, and 1st February, 1947, respectively.

Mr. Wilmot

The numbers on 1st August, 1945, are not available, but the numbers employed in the former Ministries of Supply and of Aircraft Production on 1st July, 1945, were 79,645. The numbers employed in the Ministry of Supply on 1st August, 1946, and 1st February, 1947, were 43,852 and 41,648, respectively.