HC Deb 14 April 1908 vol 187 cc979-81
MR. A. ROCHE

To ask the Post-master-General, if he will state what are

he will state the amount of sick leave and annual leave, respectively, of each of the Post Office medical officers in London, male and female, during each of the last five years.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I annex a statement showing the sick leave of the Post Office headquarters medical staff during the last five years, and the annual leave to which each medical officer is entitled. The third assistant medical officer and the resident medical officer have been omitted, as they have not yet been employed for a full year.

the duties of the chief clerk of the Cork Post Office; has he any special reports showing that the present chief clerk has been mainly employed on special duties since his advent to office and his duties worked by an assistant superintendent; if so, will he create a vacancy for a first-class superintendent in addition to the existing position of chief clerk.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) Since the adoption of changes recommended by the Select Committee the chief clerk at Cork has been styled "superintendent." His regular duties are similar to those performed by officers of the same rank at other offices of equal importance, and in the ordinary course it has been necessary, since the early part of last year, to require him to devote a part of his time to the carrying out of changes in connection with the organisation and arrangements of the office. In accordance with the usual practice, some of his ordinary routine work has been delegated to the officer next in rank to him on the postal side. A revision of the indoor force is now in hand, and the question of the sufficiency or otherwise of the supervising staff will be duly considered.