§ 75. Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether in any and, if so, what circumstances civil servants who have been granted certificates by the Civil Service Commission are liable to be, or have been, degraded to a class inferior to that for which their certificates have been granted; and whether, in such an event, a civil servant is entitled to be informed of the fact of, and of the reasons for, his degradation?
Mr. GUINNESSA civil servant may be transferred to a grade carrying a lower rate of salary as a disciplinary measure alternative to discharge in the event of serious misconduct or incapacity. Arrangements exist under which full particulars of any charge against an officer's conduct or of any defects attributed to him by a report reflecting adversely on his character or efficiency are communicated to him.
§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESDo I understand the right hon. Gentleman to state that it is only in cases of inefficiency or breaches of discipline that these degradations take place?