Petrol Control Committee
1916 In order to ensure sufficient supplies for the armed forces, the committee conducted a census of users of petrol and then set in place a system of rationing, with different allowances for each class of user.
1916 October 12th. 'The members of the Petrol Control Committee are Mr. Oliver Bury (Chairman), Mr. A. E. Bowen, Sir John Hewett, G.C.S.I., and Mr. P. G. L. Webb. The number of persons employed as clerks or otherwise is 288, exclusive of a number of clerks engaged on evening duty. This number includes twenty clerks borrowed, irrespective of their rates of pay, from other Departments, who bear the cost. The remaining 268 cost £325 per week, exclusive of war bonus and payment for overtime. The total approximate cost of salaries and incidental expenses down to the 30th September is about £7,000.'[1]
Later became the Petrol Control Department
c.1917 renamed as the Petroleum Executive[2]
By the end of WWI, petrol stocks had been restored to levels appropriate for peace-time uses.
1919 The Committee was disbanded[3]