§ MR. JOHN WARDI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he can state the names and the number of the officers in the Stoke-on-Trent postal district which were excluded from the calculations of the department when deciding the units of work and classification of that district.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe question is not understood. The units of work at Stoke-on-Trent have been calculated in the usual way and they give credit for all work done by the staff of the Stoke-on-Trent Office including those officers employed at the branch offices at Burslem, Hanley, and Longton. Fresh returns of work are now being taken.
§ MR. JOHN WARDDoes the right hon. Gentleman take into account the whole of the work of the district when deciding on the status of the office; or are only a few selected offices taken?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe whole of the work is taken into account.
§ MR. JOHN WARDTake the case of Stoke-on-Trent. Is the calculation confined to that office?
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (St. Andrew's Burghs)Does the new unit scale apply to the whole country?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONSpecial returns have been taken out for Scotland.