§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state how many Civil Service writers were promoted to the Second Division under the provisions of the Treasury Minute of December, 1886; how many Civil Service writers have been promoted to the establishment as assistant clerks (Abstractor Class) under Treasury Minute of August, 1889; how many temporary clerical assistants have been promoted to the establishment as assistant clerks (New Class); how many senior assistant clerks (Abstractor Class) have been promoted to the Second Division under Clause 15 of 540 the Order in Council of 29th November 1898, and what proportion of these relate to Ireland; and how many assistant clerks (New Class) have been promoted to the Second Division.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The numbers are 70, 600, 151, 121 (of whom 18 or 15 per cent., were in exclusively Irish Departments), and 13 respectively.