HC Deb 09 July 1940 vol 362 cc1101-2W
Mr. Stokes

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that

Royal Ordnance Factories.
Current rates, etc., of pay for overtime worked by clerical, typing and messengerial staff.
Grade. Weekdays (including Saturday afternoons). Sunday work.
1. Departmental Clerks Grade I. Common time, subject to a maximum of 5s. an hour, for hours worked beyond 192 in any period of four consecutive weeks in which 200 hours or more have been worked.
2. Departmental Clerks (Grades III and IV), Clerical Assistants, Established Shorthand-Typists and Typists. For hours worked beyond 44— Time and a half for all hours worked. (Alternatively, time off may be granted at the rate of one and a half hours for each hour worked subject to a maximum of one day's normal attendance, any balance being paid for.)
(a) First 10 hours at time and a quarter.
(b) Next six hours at time and a half.
(c) Subsequent hours at double time.
3. Temporary Clerks, temporary Shorthand-Typists and Typists. For hours worked beyond 44— Time and a quarter. As for weekdays. (Alternatively, time off may be granted at the rate of one and a quarter hours for each hour worked subject to a maximum of one normal day's attendance, any balance being paid for.)
4. Messengers— For hours worked beyond 48— As for "subsequent hours" on weekdays.
(a) Woolwich, Waltham and Enfield. (a) First 12 hours: time and a quarter.
(b) Subsequent hours: time and a half.
(b) Elsewhere Flat payments for hours worked beyond 47 varying from 6s. for four hours to 20s. 6d. for over 15 hours.

Mr. A. J. Munnings, R.A., has been commissioned by the Admiralty to paint pictures of fighting aeroplanes; and whether he will state the fee being paid to Mr. Munnings for this service?

Sir V. Warrender

No, Sir. Mr. Munnings has not been commissioned by the Admiralty to paint any pictures.