§ 4. Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Trade how many clerk-managers of branch Labour Exchanges are receiving salaries of over £80 per annum; whether the work and responsibility of these officials have been largely increased owing to their duties under the National Insurance Act, Part II.; and whether there have been representations that the status and remuneration of these clerk-managers should be improved?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Buxton)One hundred and ninety-four officers in receipt of salaries of over £80, but below the rank of manager, are at present in charge of Labour Exchanges. I have no doubt that the work and responsibility of these and other classes of officers in the service have been increased in some degree in connection with the administration of unemployment insurance. No representations as to their status and remuneration have reached me. The position of the Labour Exchange clerks has recently been improved generally by placing them on a regular scale of salary, with fixed increments, and a maximum of £150, subject to an efficiency bar at £105.