It's a good thing that using servicemen for such chores has ended. I can't think of a more demotivational duty for junior ranks.
I do hope that the reason they were removed is less to do with finances and more to do with realising that the 19th century ended quite some time ago.
In a similar vein, I understand the need for three messes, and officers' patches, and senior ranks being segregated from junior ranks in the OR's patch. But why do the MOD buy different kinds of dining table for the seniors' and officers' messes? Why does an officer's MQ get a different furniture scale from a SNCO/WO? Lots of money to be saved there, and be seen to be a bit more joined up in the thinking department.