§ 72. Mr. Purbrickasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of overtime paid in each of the Government Departments during the last month for which the figures are available; and is he satisfied of the necessity in all instances for this overtime to be worked?
§ Captain CrookshankI regret that no figures are available. Each Department keeps its own overtime accounts, and 1658 these are not collated. In reply to the second half of the Question, some overtime is now being worked in all Departments in order to save man-power, and in many Departments the overtime is necessarily heavy. General instructions have been issued to every Department to watch the position.