§ Mr. Selwyn Lloydasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of persons whose remuneration is directly or indirectly a charge upon public funds employed in France on 1st May, 1938, and 1st May, 1950, respectively; and the total cost thereof upon each of the above dates.
§ Mr. JayOn 1st May, 1950, the civilian staff, employed in France, of all British Government Departments, including the United Kingdom delegation to O.E.E.C., the British Council, and the B.B.C., numbered about 450, and their total cost was about £500,000 a year. These figures include locally recruited staff. At 1st May, 1938, records show that about 40 civilian staff were so employed at a cost of about £50,000 a year, but, in addition, there were localy recruited staff in the commercial and consular sections of the Foreign Office whose members and cost are not now ascertainable.