§ MR. O. V. MORGAN (Battersea)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, How many Civil Service writers have, under the terms of the Treasury Minute of the 22nd December last, been recommended for promotion to the Lower Division clerkships; what number of writers so recommended have been placed on the Lower Division; and, can he also state the number of writers who have accepted the gratuity offered, and have left the Government service?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREA-SURY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)(who replied) said: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to answer Questions relating to the writers. I practically answered this Question in my reply to the hon. Member for the Harbour Division of Dublin (Mr. T. C. Harrington) yesterday. The number of copyists who have accepted the gratuity and left the Government service is 31.