§ Date and centres of examination.
§ September, 1921,—Dublin, Edinburgh, London.
§ September, 1922.—Edinburgh, London.
§ September, 1923.—Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester.
§ September, 1924.—Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester.
§ September, 1925.—Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester.
§ September, 1926.—Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, London, Manchester.
§ April, 1927.—Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester.
§ Mr. DUCKWORTHasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the approximate number of members of the established shorthand-typist and typist grades who have left the service on marriage or other grounds during the first five years or have been appointed to other classes within the service during the same period?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe number of members of these grades who left the service or were appointed to other classes within the service during the financial years 1923–24 to 1925–26, inclusive, is 643. Particulars covering the whole of the last five years are not available.
§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the number of temporary typists and shorthand-typists, and of open recruits, 252W respectively, appointed for each examination for copying-typist appointments since 1923; what was the number of established copying-typists and temporary shorthand-typists, respectively, appointed from each of the shorthand-typist examinations since 1923; and whether, in the case of each copying-typist and shorthand-typist examination, respectively, all qualified candidates were eventually appointed?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe particulars asked for are given below:
Examinations for Typists. Date of examination. Temporary typists and shorthand typists Open recruits. 1923 … … 137 172 1924 … … 104 176 1925 … … 134 221 1926 … … 133* 163† * Includes 7 not yet actually appointed. † Includes 25 not yet actually appointed.
Examinations fir Shorthand-typists. Date of examination Established typists Temporary shorthand-typists 1923 … 100 278 1924 … 118 171 1925 … 129 141 1926 … 102* 134† *Includes 7 not yet actually appointed. †Includes 6 not yet actually appointed. All the qualified candidates at the above examinations for typists and for shorthand-typists were eventually successful for appointment.