§ 62. Sir GEOFFREY BUTLERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, how many appointments to the junior grade of the administrative class of the Civil Service were made under Clause 7 of the Order in Council of 10th January, 1910, and from the 1921 open competition, respectively, during the year ended 31st March, 1922; how many of the persons, if any, appointed under Clause 7 were ex-service men; and how many of these appointments were made while the open competition was actually in progress or within six weeks of its close?
Mr. GUINNESSNo appointments to the junior grade of the administrative class were made from outside the service under Clause 7 during the year ended 31st March, 1922. Six promotions of existing civil servants of whom two were ex-service men were authorised under the Clause in that year, and one appointment was made from the 1921 open competition, the successful candidate being a non-service man. I have no information as to the dates from which the six promotions took effect but the Departmental recommendations were put forward to the Treasury between the 16th March, 1921, and the 29th June, 1921, i.e., before the open competition commenced.