§ 1. Lieut.-Colonel HURSTasked the Minister of Pensions what proportion of the administrative officials on the establishment of the Ministry of Pensions at salaries exceeding £295 a year are ex-service men?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Major Tryon)There are 337 officials in the Ministry of Pensions in receipt of salaries exceeding £295 per annum. Of these, 183 (54 per cent.) are ex-service men, and 154 (46 per cent.) have not seen service. Of the latter, 101 are established Civil Servants. I may add that it is the policy of the Ministry to employ ex-service men wherever possible, and that of the total male staff of the Ministry at the present time 91 per cent. are ex-service men.