§ 29. and 30. Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Minister of Labour (1) how many extra staff he expects to be employed by his Department during 1968, 1969 and 1970, respectively, to ensure that the re-employment of Service personnel is smoothly carried out during the rundown of the armed forces.
(2) what arrangements he is making for the retraining and placing of personnel who will be involved in the proposed rundown of the armed forces; and what he expects the extra cost to be to his Department of these arrangements.
§ Mr. Gunter:In addition to the voluntary organisations there are already extensive Governmental arrangements for resettlement and retraining of ex-regulars. These are being reviewed to ensure that they are adequate to meet the additional outflow arising from the proposed rundown. It is not at present possible to estimate what extra staff will be needed for this work or what extra cost will be incurred.