MR. MOWBRAY (Lancashire, Prestwich)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the "normal establishment" of the various Public Offices recommended by the Ridley Commission has been settled in all cases; whether he will furnish a list showing the normal numbers so settled with those appearing in the Estimates, 1893–4; and whether an arrangement once made between the Head of a Department and the Treasury is considered final and the definite establishment of that Office, and not to be revised until after an independent inquiry to be held under the recommenda- 1312 tion of the same Commission on "Revision of Establishments"?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTA normal establishment has been adopted, so far as is practicable, for nearly all the Public Offices. Particulars will be given in a Return which will shortly be distributed. Arrangements made between the Treajury and the Departments cannot, of course, be final, but must be liable to reconsideration if there should be variation in the nature or amount of work to be done.
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe Treasury will consider such matters whenever brought before them by the Departments.