Viscountess ASTORasked the Postmaster-General the number of women staff employed by his Department; the total number of administrative, executive, higher clerical and clerical staff employed in the London secretariat on duties of an establishment or staffing character; how many women are employed on this work in each of the respective grades referred to at the secretariat in London; what are the present avenues of promotion within the secretariat for writing assistants employed in the secretary's registry and typists employed in the 2302W secretary's office, respectively; and what is the number of writing assistants employed in the London telephone service, the money order department, and the typing grades in the secretary's office, respectively, who are at present categoried A or above average?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe answer to the first part of the question is 50,238; to the second, approximately 80; to the third, one woman establishment officer; to the fourth, that there is no avenue of promotion within the Secretary's office for writing assistants, but typists are eligible to become shorthand typists by examination and to be promoted to superintendent and chief superintendent; to the fifth, 19, 82 and 21 respectively.