§ 31. Mr. JOHN JONESasked the Home Secretary whether temporary Civil servants of over fifteen and twenty years' service in Departments under his jurisdic- 308 tion will now be made permanent servants and put on the pension able staff, so that they may receive the benefits to which their services should entitle them?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe whole question of unestablished employés of Government Departments was reviewed by the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, who made certain recommendations on the subject. The number of quasi-permanent unestablished officers employed under the Home Office is small as compared with the total number of such officers in Government services, and the question of making any alteration in their status cannot be dealt with separately.
§ 32. Mr. JONESfurther asked the Home Secretary whether temporary Civil servants of over ten years' service in Departments under his jurisdiction who have been standing off for a time during the War will be reinstated and established in the positions which they held, and will they receive increases of salary equal to the increased cost of living?
§ Mr. SHORTTI do not know to what class of Civil servants the hon. Member refers, and shall be glad if he will give me further particulars.