HC Deb 06 April 1949 vol 463 c195W
Mr. Beattie

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of Revenue taken by the Government from the Services in Northern Ireland known as Reserved Services.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The yield of Reserved Taxes after deduction of the cost of Reserved Services is estimated at £48.5 million for 1948–49 and the Imperial Contribution at £21.5 million.

Number of Staff at 1st January, 1949
Staff Group Whole Time Part Time
Men Women Men Women *Total
Administrative 3,886 429 18 6 4,327
Executive 49,708 11,769 243 83 61,640
Clerical and Clerical Assistants 141,167 119,923 235 6,014 264,215
Typing 361 29,540 4 1,728 30,767
Inspectorate 4,743 550 18 5 5,305
Messengers, Cleaners, etc. 26,622 6,539 1,094 13,287 40,351
Post Office Minor and Manipulative (Postmen, Telephonists, Telegraphists, etc.) 134,036 56,751 10,337 9,708 200,809
Professional, Technical and Scientific 43,173 3,039 463 84 46,486
Technical Ancillary 43,001 9,510 133 205 52,680
Total 446,697 238,050 12,545 31,120 706,580
* Includes part-time staff counted as half units.

It is not possible to establish a percentage of these totals who can be said to be employed on "relatively unskilled" duties; nor is it possible to determine the total savings in any staff group resulting from improvements in methods and organisation, because variations in numbers are influenced by many factors which cannot be separately identified in their effect.

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