§ 36. Mr. ROBERT MORRISONasked the Minister of Labour how many ex-service men employed as temporary clerks at Employment Exchanges have been discharged during the past six months; how many have subsequently been re-engaged as auxiliary clerks on a weekly basis and for how long; and how many temporary and auxiliary clerks are at present under notice?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAs the answer is necessarily somewhat long, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ During the period 1st November, 1924, to 30th April, 1925, 50 temporary clerks actually ceased to be employed by the Department after the issue of a month's notice of termination of their appointments. Of this number eight were subsequently re-appointed and are still in post. In addition 267 temporary clerks received a month's notice of the termination of their appointments, but were subsequently re-appointed on an auxiliary basis without any break in their service. Of this number 142 are still in post and 125 received a week's notice of discharge, 935 after having served as auxiliary clerks for the following periods:—
- 63 for less than one month.
- 33 between one and two months.
- 25 between two and three months.
- 4 between three and four months.
§ The hon. Member is probably aware that the special arrangements for employing temporary staff on an auxiliary basis in the Employment Exchanges are designed to meet the very rapid fluctuations in the work arising from local changes in the state of employment.