§ Mr. W. BROWNasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of names of ex-service temporary clerks recorded by the Joint Substitution Board as waiting for new appointments in the Civil Service?
§ Mr. PETHICK - LAWRENCEThe number is 36 over the whole of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. W. BROWNasked the Minister of Pensions whether any ex-service temporary clerks in his Department are under warning or notice of discharge; and, if so, whether he can assure the House that places will be found for them elsewhere in the Civil Service before their period of service in the Ministry of Pensions comes to an end?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSOwing to redundancy, 14 temporary ex-service clerks have recently been placed under notice of discharge. Of this number, seven have already been assigned to vacancies in other Departments. The Joint Substitution Board will make every endeavour to find alternative employment for the remainder before their notices expire.
§ Mr. W. BROWNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any ex-service temporary clerks in the Passport Office are under warning or notice of discharge; and, if so, whether he can assure the House that places will be found for them elsewhere in the service before their period of notice expires?
Mr. A. HENDERSONI regret that, owing to a diminution in the work of the Passport Office, four temporary clerks are now under notice. I am glad to be able to inform my hon. Friend that two of these have already been assigned to posts in other Departments. Every endeavour is being made by the Joint Substitution Board to find further employment for the other two.