§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the Postmaster-General what was the total number of persons, not at the time of appointment in permanent Government employment, who have been appointed since January, 1906, to positions in his Department with salaries exceeding £100 a year, and who did not previously to their appointment pass an examination by the Civil Service Commissioners; and what is the total amount of their salaries?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Herbert Samuel)All persons appointed to established situations in the Post Office are required to obtain certificates from the Civil Service Commissioners. There are a number of unestablished and not pensionable situations, such as sub-postmasterships, the holders of which are not required to obtain Civil Service certificates. The emoluments of some of these posts exceed £100 a year, but it would not be possible without much labour to give the numbers and the salaries of such persons, and I presume these are not the appointments which the hon. Member has in mind.