Service Departments (Transferred Staff)

Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Chwefror 1964.

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Photo of Mr Emanuel Shinwell Mr Emanuel Shinwell , Easington 12:00, 19 Chwefror 1964

asked the Minister of Defence how many military and civilian staff will be transferred in the current year from the Service Departments to the Ministry of Defence under the scheme for the reorganisation of defence.

Photo of Mr Emanuel Shinwell Mr Emanuel Shinwell , Easington

Will this streamlining, co-ordination or effective co-operation—all terms which the right hon. Gentleman has used with reference to the scheme for the reorganisation of defence—mean that more staff will be employed at the Ministry of Defence and in the three Service Departments or that fewer will be employed?

Photo of Mr Peter Thorneycroft Mr Peter Thorneycroft , Sir Fynwy

The difference is about 70 between 1st April, 1964, and 1st April, 1963.