§ Mr. Rentonasked the Minister of Labour how many people were being paid wages and salaries from public funds at the latest date for which figures are available while in the service of the central Government, local authorities and nationalised undertakings and establishments, respectively.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe total number of persons (including members of His Majesty's Forces and Women's Services, non-industrial civil servants and industrial staffs of Government Departments) who at mid-1949 were directly paid from public funds was 1,900,000. This figure does not include an estimated total of150W 1,300,000 persons employed by local authorities (whether in local government non-trading services or in trading establishments) and an estimated 2,500,000 employed in nationalised undertakings or by other public authorities and services.