§ Major CAYZERasked the Minister of Labour the number of ex-officers and men who have been substituted by the Joint Substitution Board of the Ministry of Labour for non-service men in Government Departments, i.e., men who obtained their appointments during the War and had no military or naval service?
Mr. YOUNGI have been asked to reply. Between the 13th September, 1920, and the 17th June, 1921, 8,694 ex-service men and women were allocated by the Joint Substitution Board to Government Departments in London to fill vacancies of a temporary nature, arising as a result either of substitution, staff wastage, or increase of work. In addition, a considerable number of ex-service men and women have been appointed to temporary posts in Government Departments in the Provinces, but the exact numbers are not immediately available. These figures do not include the very numerous cases in which ex-service personnel, whose work has come to an end, has been substituted for non-service personnel employed in the same Department.