§ 3. Mr. PIKEasked the Minister of Labour if he is now in a position to give a detailed statement to the House in respect to the points raised by the deputation from the Association of Ex-service Civil Servants concerning work returns and system of averages at the Claims and Record Office, Kew?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply is necessarily long, with my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The points raised by this system concerned the methods of controlling the output of certain classes of work at the Claims and Record Office, Kew, consisting mainly of routine operations. The deputation represented that the average output was regarded as the minimum which each clerk should attain; I have inquired into this and am satisfied that it is not correct. They also asked that the various rates of output should be fixed in consultation with representatives of the staff; as to this, the present posi-is that while the results of previous working are necessarily taken as a guide for the operation of the office as a whole, no precise rates of output are applied to individuals, and I do not think that it would be advisable to attempt to fix them in this way.