§ 96. Mr. MARRIOTTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Conciliation and Arbitration Board have recently awarded an increased bonus to the Civil Service; what the estimated cost of the award will be; and whether any provision was made for such an increase in the revised Estimate for the current year or in the Estimate of Expenditure in 584 a normal year which was recently submitted to Parliament in Command Papers 377 and 376?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe Arbitration hoard has granted an increase of war bonus to permanent Civil servants, dating from the 17th November. The cost of the increase granted by the Board is estimated at £1,250,000 in the current year and at £3,500,000 per annum in a full year. No provision was made for these increases in the White Paper. I, perhaps, ought to add that since the award was given application has been made for a similar increase in the wages of temporary employés.