HC Deb 04 August 1926 vol 198 c2980
25. Mr. AMMON

asked the Postmaster-General the number of sorters, telegraphists, counter clerks and telegraphists, sorting clerks and telegraphists, and wireless operators, respectively, in receipt of a basic pay of£3 per week or over?

The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)

The numbers are as follows: sorters 4,590, telegraphists 1,170, counter clerks and telegraphists 430, sorting clerks and telegraphists 4,110, and wireless operators, 10.

26. Mr. AMMON

asked the Postmaster-General the number of manipulative officers in receipt of basic pay of less than £3 per week and the number in receipt of £3 basic and over per week'?

Viscount WOLMER

Approximately 129,600 members of the manipulative grades are in receipt of basic pay of less than £3 a week, and 10,400 are in receipt of basic pay of £3a week or more. The former figure includes approximately 24,000 part-time officers. I might add that basic pay of £3 a week produces, with current bonus, remuneration of 97s. 3d. a week, or over £250 a year. Scale payment sub-postmasters have been excluded from these figures.

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