§ 13. Major CHRISTOPHER LOWTHERasked the Secretary of State for War how many ex-service men employed in a temporary capacity competed at the recent examinations for the clerical class; how many passed, qualified, or failed; what number of those who failed applied to appear before the Investigating Board under paragraphs 36–39 of the Lytton Committee's Third Interim Report: and how many were recommended?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe number of ex-service men employed by the War Department in a temporary 231 capacity and recommended, notwithstanding failure in the qualifying examination, as "specially competent," under paragraph 37 of the Lytton Report, was 295. These men were selected as the result of careful sifting of all the applications by their respective superiors in Army offices throughout the country, but I regret that I am not in a position to state the total number of applicants, or to furnish the other particulars asked for in the question.