Oral Answers to Questions — Government Departments (Employes).

– in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1920.

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Photo of Mr Godfrey Locker-Lampson Mr Godfrey Locker-Lampson , Wood Green

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men and women, exclusive of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and post office employés, were employed in Government Departments on the 1st of December last, and also the number of industrial employés in dockyards and similar establishments?

Photo of Mr Stanley Baldwin Mr Stanley Baldwin , Bewdley

Statistics of the numbers of Government staffs on the 1st instant are not yet available. The number of men and women, exclusive of sailors, soldiers, airmen and post office employés, employed on the 1st October in Government Departments was approximately 177,000. The number of industrial staff employed at the same date, excluding post office employés, was approximately 140,000, of whom approximately 126,000 were employed under the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry and Ministry of Munitions.

Photo of Mr Noel Billing Mr Noel Billing , Hertford

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