51. Commander Maitlandasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the total number of industrial and non-industrial civilian employees borne on the Navy Vote at the beginning of the present financial year; and what is his forecast of the amount by which these totals will be reduced after the present defence economies have been completed.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithApproximately 181,400 civilians, including Police and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel, were in Admiralty employment on 1st April, 1957. Considerable reductions will certainly be made over the next few years but my hon. and gallant Friend will appreciate that it is too early to forecast what the figure will be when the Navy is established on an all-Regular basis in 1962.