§ Sir K. WOODasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many ex-regular sailors, soldiers, and airmen have been found employment in Government Departments during the last 12 months; whether, in filling subordinate posts, in Government Departments, such as messengers and night telephonists, consideration, subject to the existing preference to ex-service men, is first given to their applications; whether vacancies are being duly notified to the London divisional office and the provincial Employment Exchanges; and whether the machinery of the Association for the
52Win this range the earlier figures are not in all respects fully comparable and that for the purposes of any strict statistical comparison it may be desirable to exclude the figures prior to those of 1881. With regard to Scotland, the Noble Lady should address a question to the Secretary of State.
Employment of Regular Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen is being utilized?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEI regret that the information requested in the first part of the question is not available. I am sending the right hon. Member a copy of Treasury Circular 1/30 dealing with the employment of ex-regulars in Government Departments, which he will see provides for the machinery of the Ministry of Labour and the National Association for the Employment of Regular Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen to be utilised for this purpose.