§ MR. LAWRENCE (Abercrombie) Liverpool,I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in the convict service of Her Majesty's prisons assistant-warders, after a certain number of years' service, rise to the salary of a warder; and whether the same rule applies in Her Majesty's local prisons?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.In consequence of a block of promotion, by reason of the diminution in the number of convicts assistant warders in the convict prisons have been allowed, after ten years' service as assistant warders, a rise of salary by annual increments of 30s. for three more years, thus reaching a maximum which is £3 10s. above the minimum pay of a warder. In local prisons the flow of promotion has been more rapid, but, independently of this, the addition made to the pay of assistant warders in the local prisons exceeds what has been given in the convict prison. There has been an addition of £3 to the maximum, without any condition as to excessive length of 1698 service, and further they have been given, from first appointment, a house rent free, or an allowance in lieu of house.