§ Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give the number of temporary shorthand-typists employed in Government Departments in London and the number required to bring existing establishments up to full strength; and whether arrangements exist for the transfer of shorthand-typists redundant in one Department to such other Departments as are understaffed.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThere is no central record of the number of temporary shorthand-typists employed in Government Departments in London, but the total number in Government Departments throughout the country, according to the latest available returns, was 16, 009. On 20th October, 1945, the number of preference vacancies for shorthand-typists in London which remained unfilled was 184. In view of the difficulty experienced in filling vacancies which, after investigation, have been accorded preference, it would serve no useful purpose to ascertain the large number of additional vacancies which would require to be filled in order to bring Departmental establishments up to full strength. Arrangements exist for the purpose of transferring to the most badly understaffed Departments available temporary shorthand-typists who become redundant elsewhere in Government service.