§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for War which administrative executive and technical officers off his Department with salaries of £1,500-£2,000 per annum have taken up posts with industrial firms within two years of leaving the Civil Service over the past 10 years, in cases requiring the approval of his Department; and what were the firms they joined.
§ Mr. ProfumoNone.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for War how many official members of the War Council have, within the past 10 years, left its service and within two years joined industrial firms or commercial enterprises; what were their ranks; and which companies they joined.
24Wviduals concerned are shown in the following table:
§ Mr. ProfumoThe only two applications made by members of the Army Council under Cmd. 5517 of 1937 for permission to join an industrial or commercial firm within two years of leaving their appointments at the War Office were those of the Permanent Under-Secretaries of State referred to in my reply to the hon. Member's Question of 30th November, 1962, and in the reply of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Defence of the same date. The firms concerned were:
- Messrs, Goodyear Tyres (Great Britain) Ltd.
- Messrs, Stothert and Pitt Ltd.
- International Computors and Tabulators Ltd.