67. MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state how many applications there were from the postal officials in Scotland for posts under Part II. of the National Insurance Act in response to the circular by the Postmaster-General to postal officials to apply, and how many applications were successful, specifying males and females?
Mr. ROBERTSONApplications from officials of the Post Office in Scotland were not sent in separately from other applications. A considerable proportion of vacancies, under Part II. of the National Insurance Act in Scotland were for women to act as claims clerks and checking clerks for the divisional office. All these posts, to the number of forty-eight, were filled by women from the Postal Service. The number of vacancies for men in Scotland for which clerical experience was the main qualification was very limited. Three of these have already been filled by officers from the Post Office.