§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the number of male members of the Civil Service, of serving age, who are members of the Territorial Army, the Royal Volunteer Naval Reserve, or the Auxiliary Air Force; and what inducement, in the shape of holidays with pay, is offered to those members of the Civil Service who join the auxiliary forces?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleI am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the Treasury instructions with regard to the conditions of enlistment of civil servants in the Territorial, Auxiliary and Reserve Forces. Broadly the position in the matter of leave is that civil servants who attend the full period of annual training
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§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI have been asked to reply. My hon. and gallant Friend will appreciate that the position at the ports varies from time to time. According to the information in the possession of the Fisheries Departments, however, the numbers of steam and motor trawlers laid up at, or operating from, the principal fishing ports in Great Britain on 25th March last were approximately as follow:
in camp, etc., are, if their normal leave allowance does not exceed three weeks, allowed an additional fortnight's special leave with pay. If their normal leave allowance is a month or more they are allowed an additional week's special leave with pay. I am afraid that information is not available centrally as to the numbers of civil servants who are members of the Forces in question.