Vacancies, Government Departments.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 1 February 1940.

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Photo of Mr Ernest Brown Mr Ernest Brown , Leith

I think the hon. Member's Question arises from a misunderstanding. I am not responsible for the distribution of Government staff. I am responsible for the compilation of information in the Central Register of persons having high technical and administrative skill. Although a certain number of the people on the Register are unemployed persons, the Register is not compiled from the point of view of employed or unemployed, but from the point of view of making available to the central Government knowledge as to the maximum number of persons available for very special jobs.