asked the Minister of Transport the total number of male clerical, administrative and supervisory staff employed on 1st December, 1947, by the four main line railway companies and the percentage of such total in classes 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and special and comparable figures for 1st December, 1938.

Information for the 1st December is not available but the following figures are taken from the census of railway staff in March, 1947, and March, 1938.