§ MR. MACVEAGHTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that clerks to surveyors of taxes are not treated as part of the permanent staff; whether he will state the number of such clerks at present employed; and the number of such clerks who have served five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, and thirty years in tax offices, with a view to showing the permanent nature of their employment.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The number of the clerks referred to is approximately 590. The information asked for in the last sentence would take some time to collect, and I must ask the hon. Member to give me considerably longer notice on this point.