§ Captain RAMAGEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the total of the professional staff of the valuation office of the Board of Inland Revenue on 1st January, 1924, and the number of promotions made from that staff during the period 1st January, 1919, to 1st January, 1924; the total number of ex-service personnel and the number of promotions made from such personnel for the same period; and the number of non-service officials promoted during the same period over ex-service officials who in 1914 were senior to the non-service officials?
§ Mr. SNOWDENThe professional staff employed in the valuation office of the Inland Revenue Department on 1st January, 1924, numbered 359, of whom 106 were ex-service men. During the period 1st January, 1919, to 1st January, 1924, 42 valuers, of whom 9 were ex-service men, received promotion. Of the non-service men promoted, 29 passed over ex-service men to whom they were junior in 1914, and 8 of the ex-service men similarly passed over non-service men. It must be borne in mind that the bulk of the staff was recruited at the same time, and that in such circumstances seniority assumes limited significance. I may add that 2011W acting pay for the performance of higher duties was granted in the period mentioned to 17 ex-service and 22 non-service valuers.