§ 85. Lord NINIAN CRICHTON-STUARTasked the total number of persons employed in the Post Office Department of the State; and how many of these are in actual receipt of an increase of salary directly due to the Holt Committee Report?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe total number of persons employed on Post Office work is about 237,000, of whom about 31,000 are in the employment of sub-postmasters. The adjustments of pay consequent on the Holt Committee's Report have not yet been carried out, except in the case of the unestablished skilled workmen and unestablished labourers in the Engineering Department and the remuneration to scale-payment sub-postmasters (about 23,000) for insurance work.
§ Lord NINIAN CRICHTON-STUARTWhen will the new scale come into effect?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI am in constant correspondence with the Treasury about the scales of pay. I am endeavouring to deal with the matter as speedily as I can.