Mr. DOYLEasked the First Commissioner of Works what effort his Department has made to give effect to His Majesty's appeal to employers to find situations wherever possible for disabled demobilised soldiers; if any and how many have been found employment as motor drivers under the Stationery Department; and if he will give the number of male and female motor drivers now working in that Department?
Sir A. MONOAs regards the first part of the question, arrangements are being made, in compliance with the Government's approval of the proposals made by the Committee on the employment of dis-1480W abled men in Government Departments, to substitute 8 per cent, of the existing temporary staff by disabled soldiers, and fifty-live disabled men have been found situations since the 27th October. I may add that before the issue of those instructions the percentage of disabled men employed by the Department was already nearly 10 per cent, of the total staff. The rest of the question should be addressed to my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.