32. Lieut.-Colonel MALONEasked the Home Secretary the number of men employed in the Printing Department of the Home Office; whether these men are officers or craftsmen; and whether they are paid trade union rates of wages?
§ Mr. SHORTTThere is no Printing Department in the Home, Office, but in the Police Printing Department at New Scotland Yard there are 31 men employed. Two are temporary employees; all the rest are permanent officers who, in addition to being pensionable, enjoy the usual benefits of Civil Service employment in respect of holidays, sick leave, etc. Their wages and conditions of service have recently been revised, and are not less favourable than those of similar classes of craftsmen in a fair house in the trade.