HC Deb 11 July 1946 vol 425 cc580-1
62. Mr. Osborne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual leave with pay to the various grades of civil servants; and if there is any difference between those who are and those who are not on the establishment.

Mr. Dalton

With permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement showing the current arrangements. The answer to the second part of the hon. Member's Question is in the affirmative.

Mr. Osborne

In view of the statement made in my previous Question, will the Chancellor see that the great disparity between the more privileged civil servants and the poorly paid civil servants is narrowed? There should not be so much class distinction between them.

Mr. Dalton

The two Questions are quite different. The first is about the harvest and this is about the difference in categories of civil servants. It is quite a separate question.

Mr. W. J. Brown

By what process, intellectual, moral, physical, or educa- tional, is the reasoning come to that an unestablished civil servant requires less leave than an established civil servant? Is it not possible to wipe away this stupid, arbitrary and irrational distinction?

Mr. Dalton

Using fewer long words—this is a matter we can go into another day.

Mr. W. R. Williams

Would it not be a better proposition to do away with all

CIVIL SERVICE ANNUAL LEAVE, 1946.*
Grades. Leave entitlement (number of working days)
Established Staff. Unestablished Staff.
Administrative and analogous groups 30 24 rising to
Higher Executive Officers, Staff Officers and their analogies. 30 30 after 3 years' service provided maximum d scale (or range) for men is not less than £000 pa. (basic).†
Higher Clerical Officers, Executive Officers and their analogies. 30 18 rising to
24 after 3 years' service.
Clerical Officers 24
Shorthand Typists 21 rising to
24 after 5 years' service 12 rising to
Clerical Assistants and Typists 18 rising to 18 at age 18.
21 after 5 years' service
Messengers 14 rising to 12
18 after 5 years established service.
Industrials 6 (for other than supervisory grades). 6
* Civil Service leave was restricted during the war, and is restricted this year to a maximum of 30 days.
†The qualifying period of 3 years does not apply to temporary officers of the rank of Assistant Secretary and above.