§ 48. Mr. HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the normal lunch time of civil servants, including those on a seven-hour day and those working an eight-hour day, from the lowest to the highest grades; whether these lunch periods are agreed to in practice; and whether any exceptions to the official period for lunch are made and, if so, under what circumstances?
§ Major ELLIOTFor the general administrative and clerical classes, and analogous departmental classes, the normal luncheon interval, irrespective of grade or length of working day, is three-quarters of an hour, with discretion to Heads of Departments to allow up to an hour in special cases of difficulty. For other classes varying rules, within the limits I have just mentioned, apply. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative and to the third that this is a matter for Departmental discretion.