HC Deb 23 February 1948 vol 447 cc288-9W
59. Mr. Osborne

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many persons were employed and at what annual cost in salaries and other expenses, by war agricultural committees at 1st January, 1940, and 1st January, 1948.

Mr. T. Williams

County war agricultural executive committees employed at 1st January, 1948, 3,300 technical and administrative staff and 6,600 clerks and typists at an estimated annual cost in salaries and other expenses of 3,550,000 for the 1947–48 financial year. Corresponding figures are not available for 1st January, 1940, but figures for 1st May, 1940, are 493 technical and administrative staff and 724 clerical and typing staff at an estimated annual cost of £330,000.