§ MR. CLELANDTo ask the Secretary in what Government Departments men whose services do not entitle them to pensions are employed as clerks; and whether he will state the official designation, the office or department in which employed, the number of each class designated, the longest period of temporary service given by any present member of each class, the scale of pay, the number from each class who have been established during the past five years, and the Vote under which payment is made, of all non-pensionable clerks who are paid directly out of the State moneys.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The information required in order to reply to 377 the hon. Member's Question would take some time to procure, and my hon. friend does not think that the result of the inquiries which would have to be made would be commensurate with the labour involved.