§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Secretary to the Treasury how much overtime was performed by the staff of the Customs and Excise Department during 1956 and 1957, respectively, expressed as a yearly average calculated on the total number of staff, whether actually employed on overtime or not.
§ Mr. SimonThe average expenditure on overtime per head of all staff employed in the Customs and Excise Department during 1956 and 1957 amounted to £71 18s. 0d. and £68 18s. 0d., respectively, a substantial proportion of which was recovered each year from the merchants at whose request some of it was worked.