§ Brigadier-General BROOKEasked the financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the serious inconvenience to entrants, he can now state when the results of the examination for permanency of the ex-service temporary civil servants will be announced; and whether it is possible to arrange for such publication before the end of the year?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe Civil Service Commissioners hope to issue the results of the Southborough examination for the clerical and departmental clerical classes early in 1926. The hon. and gallant Member will appreciate that to obtain and tabulate the results of an examination attended by approximately 20,000 candidates is a most laborious operation, and I am afraid that the list cannot be produced before the end of the year as he suggests.