§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Civil Service Commissioners 442 for a number of years immediately following the Fawcett revision of salaries in the telegraph service published notices offering the prospect of a salary of £190 to London telegraphists; and, if so, whether he will state the number of officials who entered the service under these terms of service, and the number of persons receiving this paper of the Civil Service Commissioners who are now in receipt of £190 per annum in London.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I am fully aware of the circumstance to which the hon. Member refers, but I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by giving the information for which he asks. The prospect of rising to £190 a year by promotion to the senior class still exists, with the difference that the maximum has now been raised to £200 a year. Access to the class is obtained in the same manner as heretofore, namely, by promotion on the occurrence of vacancies.