93. Mr. POINTERasked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of adults serving in a civil capacity in his Department; the grades and numbers of persons so employed who receive less than 30s. per week or £78 per annum; and the number whose normal working day exceeds eight hours?
§ Mr. BURNSI will circulate with the Votes a statement giving the details desired. The total number of adults is 870, and the number at present in receipt of salary or wages of less than £78 a year is 179. The number of those whose normal working hours exceed eight is not more than seven.
105. Mr POINTERasked the Home Secretary if he will state the number of adults serving in a civil capacity in his Department; the grades and numbers of persons so employed who receive less than 30s. per week or £78 per annum; and the number whose normal working day exceeds eight hours?
§ Mr. McKENNAI can only give a provisional answer to the question. The number of adults serving in a civil 1947 capacity in my Department (including the inspecting staff and the prison service) is 3,564. Of this number 141 receive less than 30s. a week, but these include officers on scales of pay rising to a higher rate, and charwomen who are employed during portions only of the day. The number whose normal working day exceeds eight hours is 2,342; these are all in the prison service. If my hon. Friend will put down an unstarred question I will have these figures revised and give him the further details he desires.