§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Minister of Pensions how many of the 301 ex-service men appointed to establish posts in his department since the 1st January, 1922, were employed in the Ministry previous to qualifying for establishment; and how many ex-service men were discharged either for alleged inefficiency or otherwise during the same period?
§ Major TRYON279 ex-service men have been appointed since the 1st January, 1922, to established posts after temporary service in the Ministry and 22 after temporary service in other Government Departments. During the same period, there has been a considerable increase in the number of ex-service men in the direct employ of the Ministry. There has, of course, been concurrent wastage due to such normal causes as resignations on taking up other work and discharges for inefficiency, but I regret that the records available at the moment do not enable me to give the detailed information desired by the hon. Member. Arrangements are made to secure that every efficient clerk on becoming redundant is given the opportunity of offering himself for transfer to some other part of the Ministry and, since January 1922, 150 locally redundant men have been so transferred.