§ 24. Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. WARRENasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to cases of tenants occupying houses of £28 to £30 per annum rent (whose owners are precluded by the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (War Restrictions) Act from advancing the rent), where the tenants by sub-letting are obtaining sums of as much as £65 per annum for two unfurnished rooms and as much as £90 per annum for three unfurnished rooms; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy this abuse?
| MINISTRY OF HEALTH. | ||||||||||
| Salaries and grades of women employed in an administrative capacity. | ||||||||||
| Name. | Grade. | Salary. | ||||||||
| Permanent— | £ | |||||||||
| Miss E. A. Charlesworth | … | Woman intelligence officer | … | … | 260, | plus War bonus. | ||||
| Miss A. K. Leach | … | … | Assistant inspector (attached to head quarters) | 150, | " | " | ||||
| Miss Z. L. Puxley | … | … | Child welfare assistant | … | … | 260, | " | " | ||
| Temporary— | ||||||||||
| Miss M. M. Anderson | … | Junior administrative assistant | … | … | 200. | |||||
| Miss V. D. Dumbleton | … | " | " | " | … | … | 185. | |||
| Miss E, S. Durrad | … | … | Temporary assistant inspector (attached to headquarters) | 250. | ||||||
| Miss M. G. Elias | … | … | Junior administrative assistant | … | … | 185. | ||||
| Miss E. A. Ferris | … | … | " | " | " | … | … | 200. | ||
| *Mrs. D. K. Foster | … | … | " | " | " | … | … | 200. | ||
| Miss E. M. Knight | … | … | " | " | " | … | … | 220. | ||
| Mrs. A. M. Macintyre | … | " | " | " | … | … | 170. | |||
| Miss A. A. Malcolm | … | " | " | " | … | … | 215. | |||
| Miss I. St. C. Tisdall | … | " | " | " | … | … | 205. | |||
| Miss C. Rowson | … | … | " | " | " | … | … | 175. | ||
| Miss M. M. White | … | … | Assistant private secretary to Minister | … | 200. | |||||
| * Mrs. Foster resigned her appointment on the 29th ultimo. |
§ Dr. ADDISONI am advised that the Increase of Rent, etc., Acts apply to any part of a house which is let as a separate dwelling, and that, therefore, any increase of rent in excess of the standard rent of the part so let would be recoverable by the sub-tenant.