§ Sir W. JOYNS0N-HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a temporary engineer of military age was engaged during the War as secretary to a Treasury official in the Ministry of Munitions on a salary of £500 a year, excluding bonus, and is still retained in that capacity and under the same Treasury official at Caxton House; and what total emoluments he is now drawing, and why an ex-service man has not been employed in his place since the Armistice?
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Mr. YOUNGThis official, when beyond military age, joined the Ministry of Munitions in July, 1915, at a salary of £250 per annum, and his present total emoluments under the Disposal and Liquidation Commission are £425 per annum. At no time have they reached the sum of £500 per annum, nor has any bonus been payable. Owing to the long experience and qualifications of this official, his retention is in the public interest. The Departmental Substitution Committee, on which the ex-service men are represented, have agreed to his retention.
Sir W. JOYNSOIM-HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a Post Office clerk of military age, who was transferred to the Stores Department of the Ministry of Munitions during the War, was not sent back to his own Department after the Armistice, but was given another post at Earls Court under the Ministry when the work of the Stores Department came to an end, and was subsequently appointed establishment officer at Caxton House, where he is still employed; what total emoluments he is now drawing; what pay he was drawing in the Postal Department; and why an ex-service man was not employed to do the work he is now doing?
Mr. YOUNGThe official who appears to be referred to is an established civil servant serving in the Finance Branch of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission, who has never served in the Establishment Branch. The total emoluments, including bonus, of his present acting rank are £980 per annum. The pay he was receiving from the Post Office in February, 1916, when he joined the Ministry of Munitions, was £250 per annum, no bonus being payable at that time. As regards the last part of the question, may I remind my hon. Friend that the Government Substitution Scheme does not apply to established civil servants? The retention of this particular official in the Disposal and Liquidation Commission is essential in the interest of the public service.
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a temporary clerk who was engaged during the War in the office of a Treasury official in the Ministry of Munitions on a salary of 1818W £2 10s. a week had his salary raised to £500 a year after the Armistice, when reductions were ordered to be made, and is still employed at Caxton House with two assistants under him; what the total emoluments of his two assistants amount to, one of whom is a young chartered accountant of no military service; and why ex-service men have not been employed on their work?
Mr. YOUNGThe official who appears to be referred to served in the Ministry of Munitions as a Volunteer (on subsistence allowance) from April, 1918, to January, 1920, and his salary since that date under the Ministry and the Disposal and Liquidation Commission has been as stated. His retention, whether on a full time or part time basis, will continue to be essential in the public interest until the work on which he is employed terminates, and the Departmental Substitution Committee on which the ex-service men are represented have agreed to his retention for the present. The only assistant serving under him is a chartered accountant who was disabled as a result of service overseas, and whose total emoluments are £600 per annum.