§ 59. Lieut.-Colonel Sir RAYMOND GREENEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the anxiety among disabled ex-service men, temporarily employed in the Civil Service, who have not passed the examination for permanent employment; and whether, since the recruitment of boys from school into the permanent Civil Service will interfere with the possibility of continued employment for these men, he can make any statement on the present policy of the Government in the matter of Civil Service recruitment which will make the position of the disabled men clear?
§ Captain KING (Lord of the Treasury, in, the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer)No arrangements have been made for the recruitment to the clerical and departmental clerical classes of boys from school, and, as my hon. and gallant Friend is no doubt aware, special steps have been taken to enable disabled ex-service men, temporarily employed in a clerical capacity in Government Departments, to obtain permanent posts therein. My right hon. Friend fears that he cannot undertake to go beyond these arrangements, but I would like to point out that 26,849 disabled men, comprising 14.6 per cent. of the male permanent staff and 11 per cent. of the total permanent staff, male and female, were permanently employed in the Government service on the 1st Febru- 226 ary. I think it would be agreed that the latter percentage compares very favourably with the 5 per cent. required of employers generally for inclusion on the King's National Roll.