HC Deb 13 May 1912 vol 38 cc912-3W
Mr. SNOWDEN

asked the Secretary to the Treasury how many first and second class clerkships have now been created under each of the four National Health Commissions; how many second division clerks are now serving under each Commission; how many of these men are eligible for promotion to first or second class clerkships; and how many of the first and second class clerkships already created under each Commission, respectively, have been filled by promotion of second division clerks?

Mr. MASTERMAN

The Joint Committee and English Commission have appointed sixteen first class clerks and ten second class clerks; the Scottish Commission, two first class clerks and two second class clerks; the Irish Commission, four first class clerks and six second class clerks; the Welsh Commission three second class clerks. The Joint Committee and English Commission have fifty-six second division clerks now in their service, of whom twenty-one are eligible for the promotion mentioned; the Scottish Commission have eleven, all of whom are eligible, and they have filled one second class clerkship by promotion from the second division; the Irish Commission have five second division clerks, of whom three are eligible for the promotion, and have filled three first class clerkships and five second class clerkships by promotion from the second division; the Welsh Commission have six second division clerks, all of whom are eligible for the promotion mentioned.