§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Parliaments ary Secretary to the Admiralty why payment by results has recently been curtailed on construction work in His Majesty's dockyards; and what is the aggregate saving which it is expected to obtain at the expense of the employés concerned through this change during the current financial year?
Lord STANLEYPayment by results has in recent years been restricted for the sole purpose of avoiding hardship to the employés by spreading the amount of available work over a larger number of men, instead of discharging surplus numbers. The second part of the question does not therefore arise.
§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what proportion of the Admiralty employés in dockyards and similar establishments are able to obtain sick pay when absent from work on account of ill-health; and whether he will consider the desirability of extending to such employés equal treatment with other civil servants in this connection?
Lord STANLEYThe proportion of Admiralty industrial employés who are entitled to sick pay is about 1 per cent., the remainder being eligible for sick benefits under the National Health Insurance Acts to the same extent as workpeople in corresponding outside occupations. It is not proposed to vary this arrangement.