Mr. NUGENTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in connection with the recent promotion of an assistant clerk in the National Education Office to a second division clerkship, he will state how many years' service this assistant clerk has, and if he had been doing the work usually assigned to the second division clerks; how many assistant clerks senior in service have been passed over, and if the majority of these are at present, and have been for a number of years, doing the work usually performed by second division clerks; how many assistant clerks senior to the one promoted are at present on military service, and if their claims were taken into consideration and those of clerks of the higher divisions in the service; whether the promoted assistant clerk is still being employed at the work in which he was engaged while he was an assistant clerk, and, as he has not been assigned to a 44W second division vacancy, of which there are several in the National Education Office, what is the necessity for his promotion; whether, subsequent to his discharge from the Army, this clerk was engaged at clerical work in a London office; and, if so, what were the special circumstances responsible for his transfer to the Education Office?
§ Mr. DUKEDue consideration was given to the claims for promotion of all the assistant clerks in the employment of the Commissioners of National Education, and the clerk recommended for advancement was deemed to be the best qualified for promotion. Since his discharge from the Army in consequence of serious wounds the clerk selected for promotion has been continuously employed in the Office of National Education.