§ 14. Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Pensions how many temporary men and women clerks, respectively, are employed in the Pensions Issue Office on the following duties: registry work, stamping, filing, post, and life certificate examination; and how many of the men concerned were placed on these duties since the issue of the second South-borough Report?
Mr. ROBERTSThe numbers of temporary women clerks employed on the duties in Pension Issue Office specified in the question are at present as follow:
No male clerks are employed on stamping, filing, post, or life certificate examination, but one registry is at present staffed by men, the number of temporary clerks 1576 employed being 110, all ex-service. Of these, 33 have been added to the staff since the issue of the second Southborough Report.
Registry 275 Stamping 31 Filing 66 Post 24 Life certificate examination 27