§ Lord R. CECILasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any woman establishment officers of administrative rank have yet been appointed, as 1928W indicated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 5th August, 1921; and, if not, whether, seeing that the appointments were required in order to safeguard the position of women under the regrading schemes which are now under consideration, such appointments will be made without further delay?
Mr. YOUNGNo women establishment officers of administrative rank have yet been appointed, but the Treasury is now in communication with Departments where an appointment is contemplated with a view to the early appointment of such officers, and it will be possible to say shortly how many posts for women will be required. They will be filled either by departmental promotion or by limited competition.