HC Deb 09 March 1911 vol 22 cc1710-1W
Mr. JAMES HOPE

asked whether the scales of remuneration have been increased in any branch of the Civil Service during the current financial year?

Mr. HOBHOUSE

Applications for improved scales of pay are constantly being received from various Departments of the Civil Service, and many have no doubt been acceded to in the course of the current financial year, but exactly which it would be difficult to specify without considerable research.

Mr. J. HOPE

asked what, if any, was the increase in the number of Civil Service appointments in the year 1910 compared with 1909?

Mr. HOBHOUSE

I regret that I am unable to state what was the increase, if any, in the number of Civil Service appointments. The total number of certificates issued by the Civil Service Commissioners during the calendar year 1910 was 10,148, as compared with 7,911 in the year 1909; but these figures would not include appointments for which Civil Service certificates are not required, while they would include appointments to vacancies arising in the normal course and promotions in cases in which a certificate is necessary.