§ 40. Mr. KELLYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in connection with the introduction of grade 4 clerical rates of pay in the War Office out-stations, an increment of 2s 6d. per week was withheld from Mr. A. J. Unsworth, a clerk in the Infantry Record Office at Hamilton, from 1st April, 1925, to August, 1925, on the grounds that he had been promoted temporarily to deputy-superintending clerk during the financial year 1924–25; whether he is aware that clerks who had not been so promoted received the 2s. 6d. increment with effect 2921 from 1st April, 1925; and whether he will issue instructions that Mr. Unsworth be granted the increment for the period stated, and so ensure to him equality of treatment as compared with the clerks whom he supervised up to 31st March, 1925?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSAs the answer is rather long, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply.
§ Under the Clerical Reorganisation Scheme, recently introduced for the clerical staff of War Department Outstation Offices, Mr. Unsworth was regraded as a Grade IV clerk, dated from 1st April, 1924. His regrading was effected in August, 1925, and in accordance with the provisions of the scheme he was then entitled to payment of the difference between the total amount he had actually received during the period from April, 1924, to August, 1925, and that to which he was entitled as a Grade IV clerk. But Mr. Unsworth had been paid as a deputy-superintending clerk from 1st April, 1924, to 31st March, 1925, and his actual total receipts for the period April, 1924, to August, 1925, were consequently in excess of the total amount to which he was entitled as a Grade IV clerk for the period. No payment of arreas was, therefore, due. The 2s. 6d. increment due from 1st April, 1925, was taken into account in calculating the total receipts to which he was entitled as a Grade IV clerk. His incremental date has remained unaffected.