§ Colonel YATEasked the Home Secretary why so small a percentage of ex-Service men, namely, 32.50, are employed under the Home Office; and whether, in view of the fact that many ex-Navy and 1884 ex-Army men are well qualified for such posts as messengers and attendants, he will give instructions that the percentage of men employed under the Home Office be raised to at least 50 per cent. as soon as possible as vacancies occur?
§ Mr. McKENNAThis low percentage is rather misleading, because the numbers include ten temporary employés under eighteen years of age. But for them, the percentage would have been 43.3. I find that since 1901 twelve out of sixteen persons appointed to the post of messenger or the like have been ex-Service men, or 75 per cent.