asked the Postmaster-General what is the number of temporary staff employed in headquarters' offices, provincial engineering, stores, surveyors', district managers', and postmasters' offices, respectively, in each of the following grades: Grade 1 shorthand typists, Grade 2 shorthand typists, Grade 1 copying typists, and Grade 2 copying typists; and the average length of service of the shorthand typists and copying typists concerned?

It is not possible without extensive inquily either to give the number of temporary staff concerned in the form desired by the hon. Member or to state their average length of service. The total numbers of such staff are, however, as follows:—

			Shorthand Typists.	Typists..
Grade I	…	…	27	79
Grade II	…	…	29	14
			56	93
Equals total 149.

asked the Minister of Health what is the number of temporary staff employed in London head- quarter offices and provincial offices, respectively, apart from the Scottish and Welsh Boards of Health, and in the National Insurance Audit Department, respectively, in each of the following grades: Grade 1 shorthand typists, Grade 2 shorthand typists, Grade 1 copying typists, and Grade 2 copying typists; and the average length of service of the shorthand typists and copying typists concerned?

The number of temporary shorthand typists and copying typists employed in the London headquarter offices and provincial offices of my Department (apart from the Welsh Board of Health) and the average length of service of the officers concerned is as follows:

London Offices:
Shorthand typists, Grade I	21
Shorthand typists, Grade II	5
Average length of service 3 years 7 months.
Copying typists, Grade I	46
Copying typists, Grade II	31
Average length of service 3 years 2 months.

Provincial Offices:
Shorthand typists, Grade I	3
Average length of service 1 year 4 months.

As regards the National Insurance Audit Department, I would refer the hon.

—						Established.	Hired.	Total.
1926.
30th January	…	…	…	…	…	3,247	7,838	11,085
27th February	…	…	…	…	…	3,291	7,835	11,126
27th March	…	…	…	…	…	3,420	7,804	11,224
24th April	…	…	…	…	…	3,505	7,799	11,304
29th May	…	…	…	…	…	3,514	7,815	11,329
26th June	…	…	…	…	…	3,512	7,802	11,314
31st July	…	…	…	…	…	3,509	7,804	11,313
28th August	…	…	…	…	…	3,499	7,785	11,284
25th September	…	…	…	…	…	3,490	7,849	11,339
30th October	…	…	…	…	…	3,478	7,701	11,179
27th November	…	…	…	…	…	3,466	7,636	11,102
25th December	…	…	…	…	…	3,462	7,627	11,089
1927
29th January	…	…	…	…	…	3,448	7,602	11,050
26th February	…	…	…	…	…	3,437	7,741	11,178
26th March	…	…	…	…	…	3,422	7,581	11,003
30th April	…	…	…	…	…	3,399	7,116	10,515
28th May	…	…	…	…	…	3,377	7,198	10,575

These figures do not include employés in the Works, Naval Ordnance and other

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of men in employment in each of the Royal Dockyards for each quarter since January, 1926?

The figure for April, 1927, to supplement those contained in the statement, given in the reply to a question by the hon. Member on the 18th February last are:

Portsmouth	…	…	11,645
Devonport	…	…	10,854
Chatham	…	…	8,442
Sheerness	…	…	2,127
Pembroke Dock	…	…	47
Rosyth	…	…	197

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will give the figures showing the total number of men employed in Devonport Dockyard in each of the months from. January, 1926, to May, 1927, showing established men and hired men, respectively?

The numbers of workpeople employed in the Vote 8 Departments of Devonport Dockyard were as follow on the dates shown:Departments provided for otherwise than in Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates, and are therefore in correspondence with those given in reply to a question by the hon. Member on 4th February, 1926 (OFFICIAL REPORT, col. 326).

asked the Minister of Pensions how many wounded men are still undergoing treatment as a result of the late War?

The number of men suffering from wounds or injuries, as distinct from other classes of disability who may be undergoing treatment, are not separately recorded, but I may say that at the end of May last, 5,000 officers and men were in receipt of surgical treatment of one kind or another.