§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state whether the servants of any branch of employment in His Majesty's Government are paid by results, directly or indirectly; and, if so, will he state the names of these departments.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E."Payment by results" in the strict sense (which I take to be the fixing of remuneration in strict proportion to the degree of success which attends the efforts of the worker) does not, so far as I am aware, at present exist in the public service. Remuneration by "piece-work" is not uncommon where the character of the work lends itself most readily to this method of valuation; but this is not, I take it, the practice which the hon. Member has in view.