§ MR. MACDONALD (Tower Hamlets, Bow)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mr. T. J. Johnson, a writer in the Medical Store Department of the Admiralty, who voluntarily informed the Department that a child of his was suffering from scarlet fever, and was accordingly obliged to absent himself from duty for the protection of the Department, his salary being reduced during the period of his absence by a fourth; and whether, in the absence of any Regulation on the subject by the Civil Service Commissioners, the amount so withheld could be paid him?
§ THE CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. E. ROBERTSON,) DundeeMy attention had not been drawn to this case, as Mr. Johnson has not pursued the proper course of making a representation through the Head of his Department. He is a Civil Service copyist, and under the Regulations of the Civil Service Commissioners is not entitled to any pay while absent from duty under the circumstances stated in the question. The Admiralty, however, took an indulgent view, and allowed the same proportion of pay as laid down by the Regulations when an official is absent on account of personal sickness. It is not considered that any further allowance is called for.