HC Deb 26 July 1926 vol 198 cc1694-5
65. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many temporary civil servants are now under notice of dismissal from the Inland Revenue; and how many of these are ex-service men?

Mr. McNEILL

324 members of the temporary staff of the Inland Revenue are at present under notice of discharge by reason of the necessity to provide places for qualified ex-service entrants from the recent examination. Wherever circumstances allow, and the men themselves desire it, arrangements are being made to extend the period within which the notices become operative. The men concerned are practically all ex-service men who did not sit or who failed to qualify at the examination.