§ Mr. SHEPHERDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of copying typists and shorthand-typists, respectively, promoted to the woman clerk class in 1913 and 1919, and the number in each grade who have been promoted to the clerical class or allied departmental clerical classes in the year 1916–17, together with the number employed in each typing grade during each of these periods?
Mr. SAMUELThe particulars asked for are not available from existing statistics, and I do not think the special inquiries, which would be necessary in order to obtain this information, would be justified.