§ 86. Mr. RAPERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the special competition for the clerical class (male) held in November and December, 1920, and March, 1921, gave satisfactory results as regards the standard of efficiency; and if, owing to the marking of the papers being extraordinarily severe, only 3,900 passed and qualified, and 16,000 failed to reach the qualifying standard?
Mr. YOUNGAt the special competition for the clerical class (men) held in November and December, 1920, and March, 1921, the number of candidates who qualified was 4,094, and the number who failed to reach the qualifying standard was 14,633. This competition was arranged for the purpose of offering an opportunity of entering the Civil Service to men who had served the State during the War, and the standard of ability required for success was somewhat less than the Civil Service Commissioners would expect to obtain by a normal system of recruitment.