§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much of the £170,000 to be saved in salaries in Ordnance Survey in 1958 will be saved by making unestablished people redundant, and how much by not filling vacancies.
§ Mr. John HareThe £170,000 mentioned in the reply given to the hon. Member for Itchen (Dr. King) on 3rd February was the estimated saving from a possible reduction during 1958 in the non-industrial staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food excluding the Ordnance Survey. As stated in the reply given to the hon. Member on 10th February, it is estimated that in the Ordnance Survey about £25,000 in salaries will be saved in 1958–59 by the discharge of temporary draughtsmen and surveyors and their replacement by younger established staff. This, added to the reduction of 200 in the non-industrial complement of Ordnance Survey, is expected to result in a total saving in salaries of about £105,000 in 1958–59. Any vacancies in the authorised complement will be filled.