§ MR. WILLIAM WHITELAW (Perth)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland under what authority the Prison Commissioners reduced in 1892 the salary of the Medical Officer of Ayr Prison from £80 to £70, the former sum having been fixed by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in 1879?
§ SIR GEORGE TREVELYANA Treasury Committee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to consider the salaries of prison medical officers and chaplains in Scotland reported on 5th June, 1889, that in the case of medical officers and chaplains—
who do not give their whole time to the service each case will of necessity be considered by the Prison Commissioners on its merits whenever a vacancy occurs.The Report received the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury on the 25th June, 1889, and on the vacancy occurring at Ayr in December, 1891, the Prison Commissioners reported to the Secretary for Scotland on the merits of the case, and the Treasury approved of the salary being £70. The present Medical Officer accepted this salary on appointment.