HC Deb 01 March 1937 vol 321 cc38-9W
Mr. Markham

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what proportion of the increases to the staff of the Meteorological Office will be filled by recruits with a university training; and whether any of these new arrivals will be specially detailed for research work in any Department?

Sir V. Warrender

I have been asked to reply. With the exception of a small number of posts, mainly for clerical assistants and similar ancillary staff, recruitment to the Meteorological Office will be partly from candidates who have university degrees and partly from candidates who have passed the intermediate science degree examination or its equivalent. As regards the last part of the question, I cannot usefully make any addition to the information which I gave my hon. Friend last Wednesday.

Mr. Markham

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to increase the numbers of assistant directors and superintendents at the Meteorological Office?

Sir V. Warrender

There is no proposal at present to increase the number of posts in the grade of assistant director in the Meteorological Office. The grade of superintendent has been obsolescent since the reorganisation of the Meteorological Office on 1st April, 1935, and no further appointments will be made in that grade. Certain additional appointments in the grade of senior technical officer are, however, in contemplation.