HC Deb 25 March 1942 vol 378 c1979
21. Mr. Purbrick

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport the amount of overtime paid in his Department for the last month for which figures are available; and has any improvement been made in the peacetime system of checking overtime to ensure that the worker has fully worked 100 per cent. in his ordinary time before working overtime?

Mr. Noel-Baker

The total paid for overtime worked during the month of December last was £12,300. It has not been found necessary to alter the existing arrangements for the supervision of overtime, but supervising officers are instructed to restrict overtime to the minimum necessary for the adequate discharge of the work.