§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Prime Minister whether there is any scale of wages for women employed either in cleaning work or in the serving and preparation of food in the 223 various offices belonging to His Majesty's Government; and, if not, whether he will give a return of the number of women employed on such work, their hours, and their wages?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThere is no uniform rate of pay for charwomen, or other women, employed as cleaners in Government offices. The women engaged in serving and preparing food in Government offices are in no case, so far as I am aware, in the direct employment of the State. Having regard to the very large numbers of Government offices in the United Kingdom, I do not consider that the value of the suggested Return would be commensurate with the labour involved in its preparation.