§ 100. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether successful candidates in the Civil Service examinations were allowed any and, if so, what choice, according to place in examination, of the Department or branch to which they would prefer to be attached?
Mr. YOUNGYes, Sir. In accordance with the normal practice candidates were invited to name six Departments in order of preference, and according to place in the examination every effort was made to 267 allot them to Departments of their choice, subject to vacancies and to the exigencies of the public service.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODDoes that apply to the junior ranks of the Service as well as the senior ranks—to the Second Division as well as the First?