32. Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. NORTONGRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour whether he will present a Return showing the proportion of ex-service men to others given employment in the Civil Service since the cessation of hostilities; and whether he can give any indication of the numbers of the former who may expect dismissal in view of the anticipated reduction of staff?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hilton Young)I regret that information is not available in this precise form, but as regards permanent employment, between 1st January, 1919, and 1st January, 1922, certificates of qualification were issued by the Civil Service Commissioners in favour of 30,051 ex-service men. Similar information is not available as regards non-service men, but the number of such persons who were not already in quasipermanent employment, in respect of whom certificates of qualification have been issued, is relatively small. As regards temporary employment, the number of ex-service men so employed has increased from 24,271 in July, 1919, to 49,550 in February, 1922, an increase of more than 100 per cent., whilst the number of non-service men has, in the same period, been reduced from 34,163 to 5,433. I cannot give any useful estimate as regards the last part of the question.