§ MR. WATT (Glasgow College)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland what are the duties and what is the salary attached to each of the following offices in Scotland, viz., Medical Superintendent of Statistics, Registrar General's office, Inspector under the Inebriates' Act, and Assistant to the Medical Adviser to the Prison Commissioners; and will he say whether each of these offices is a pensionable office, and what time the holder of each devotes to its duties.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. SINCLAIR,) ForfarshireThe information required by the hon. Member is as follows:—Superintendent of Statistics: Duties are to supervise the abstracting of vital statistics and to prepare the statistical reports issued by the Registrar-General. Pay is £450 rising by annual increments of £15 to £500. Assistant to the Medical Adviser to the Prison Commissioners: Duties are to assist the Prison Commissioners' Medical Adviser, whose duties are to express opinion on matters referred to him by the Commissioners and to medically inspect prisons. Pay £100. Inebriates Acts Inspector: Duties are to inspect institutions licensed or certified under the Inebriates Acts, to prepare an annual report, and to advise the Secretary for Scotland on matters referred by him. Pay £50. None of these offices are pensionable and I understand that together they occupy the officer's full time.