§ Mr. Viantasked the Postmaster-General whether he will state the number of his staff who were called up for active service during the recent crisis; and what was the method adopted by his Department for the purpose of adjusting the difference in wages or salaries received by these men?
§ Sir W. WomersleyApproximately 5,600 Post Office servants were called up for service with the Forces during the recent crisis. The men concerned whose civil pay exceeded their service emoluments were eligible to receive the balance of their civil pay. As the amount of the service emoluments was not known at the outset in addition to service pay, civil pay was provisionally allowed in full on the understanding that there would be a subsequent adjustment. Arrangements have since been made for this adjustment, where substantial, to be spread over a period of four weeks.