§ 73. Mr. Redmayneasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what number of employees of each Ministry took advantage of the scheme for volunteers for harvesting in 1950; and what has been the total of man-hours lost to each Ministry for the benefit of this scheme.
§ Mr. Jay3,600 civil servants volunteered under the Civil Service Harvesting Scheme last year. No record was kept centrally of the Departments in which they were serving or of the amount of special leave granted for this purpose. A limited amount of such leave 93W was allowed for those attending after mid-September, but those who did so before mid-September did so in their own time.