HC Deb 10 October 1939 vol 352 cc202-3W
Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can state the names and salaries of the North Region food controller and deputy controller; to whom are salaries of £250 or over paid in the North-West Regional Food Control and among local food controllers in the counties of Inverness, Argyll, and Ross and Cromarty; and the names of senior officers in these services who performed their duties without payment?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

There is no North-West of Scotland Food Division. The divisional food officer and deputy divisional food officer for the North of Scotland Food Division, and their salaries, are:

Divisional Food Officer—Captain R. E. Sawyer, £1,000 per annum.

Deputy Divisional Food Officer— Lieut.-Colonel Mitford, £700 per annum.

In addition three assistant divisional food officers and one chief clerk and accountant in the North of Scotland Divisional Office, and one chief assistant in the office of the Local Food Control Committee for Inverness County receive salaries exceeding £250 per annum. The appointments of the food executive officer and assistants in the office of the Local Food Control Committee for Argyll County have not yet been made. No officer in the Local Food Office of Ross and Cromarty County is in receipt of a salary exceeding £250 per annum.

As regards the last part of the question, the food executive officer for Inverness County and the chief assistant to the Food Executive Office for Ross and Cromarty perform their duties without payment.

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to whom are salaries of £250 or more paid in the North-East Regional Food Control, and among local food controllers in the counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine; and whether he will state the names of senior officers in the services performing duties unpaid?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

The following is a list of officers in receipt of salaries of £250 per annum or more:

North-East of Scotland Divisional Food Office.

  • 1 Divisional Food Officer.
  • 1 Deputy Divisional Food Officer.
  • 6 Assistant Divisional Food Officers.
  • 1 Chief Clerk and Accountant.

Office of the Food Control Committee in Aberdeen County.

  • 2 Assistants.

Office of the Food Control Committee in Banff County.

  • 1 Chief Assistant.

Office of the Food Control Committees in Kincardine County.

  • 1 Food Executive Officer.

No senior officers in the North-East of Scotland Food Division or in the three Local Food Offices are performing their duties unpaid.