§ Mr. KELLYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the Civil Service Clerical Association has been waiting for nearly two months for the commencement of negotiations on the position of machine operators, etc., employed in his Department; what is the 1333W reason for this delay; and when he anticipates that negotiations will be opened?
Mr. COOPERThis question has been under active consideration, but it is a matter which requires detailed examination. It is hoped that negotiations will be opened without undue delay.
§ Mr. KELLYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many Departmental class clerks on the scale rising to £252 are stationary at the maximum of the scale; and how many have been stationary for the following periods: one to two years, three to four years, five to seven years, eight to nine years, and ten years and over?
§ Sir S. HOAREAs was stated in a reply to a similar question from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Guy) on 11th December, 1935, no statistics of the kind required by the hon. Member are available and to prepare them would involve time and labour incommensurate with the value of the information. It is possible, however, that, in the course of the next few months, an analysis of the salaries of the Departmental Clerical Class, that may to some extent cover the information required, may be undertaken for official purposes, and I will let the hon. Member have any such information as may then be available.