§ Lieut.-Colonel A. POWNALLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what number of temporary ex-service civil servants were absorbed into the permanent Civil Service, other than the Post Office, in the years 1921, 1922 and 1923; and how many fresh entrants, other than the above, were taken into the permanent Civil Service during the same years?
Mr. GRAHAMA return covering all grades is not available without elaborate inquiry. As regards the Clerical Classes (including those in the Post Office) and Departmental Clerical Classes, the figures are as follows for the three years 1921–23:
Limited competitions for temporary staffs (including Investigating Board): Ex-service men and women 6,537 Non-service men and women 2,348 Open competition of April, 1922 58 In addition, there were a number of appointments to these classes of pre-War unestablished clerks (ex-service and non-service).
§ Sir R. ASKEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if the Government will make provision by which ex-soldiers, who have three years' approved service under Government Departments, may be automatically absorbed into the permanent Civil Service without examination and without regard to age, as has been done in Australia?
Mr. GRAHAMProvision for the recruitment of ex-service men to established posts has been made on the basis of the recommendations of Lord Lytton's Committee on the Employment of Ex-Service Men in tile Civil Service. The question now falls to be examined by the Committee, appointed in May last by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, under the Chairmanship of Lord Southborough, and the Government must await the Report of this Committee before coining to a final decision.
§ Sir K. WOODasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether con- 1346W sideration has been given to the application of ex-service men of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission who have for the past five years been entrusted with the work and responsibility of civil servants, to be afforded an opportunity to be admitted to permanent Civil Service posts?
Mr. GRAHAMThe temporary ex-service staff of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission, in common with other ex-service men temporarily employed throughout the Government service, have had the opportunities for entering the permanent establishment recommended by Lord Lytton's Committee on the Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Civil Service These recommendations will shortly be reviewed by the Committee appointed in May last by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer under the Chairmanship of Lord Southborough, and I have no doubt that any representations which it is desired to make on the subject will be carefully considered by that Committee.