§ 45. Mr. Thorpeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have entered the service under the late entry scheme commenced in 1955; and what would be the annual cost to the Exchequer of paying them at the rate of an entrant aged 29 instead of the present notional age of 25.
§ Sir E. BoyleOver 13,000. For the grades concerned pay is linked with age up to 25, and increments beyond that rate are given for length of service and not for age. To give immediately four increments to the older staff would cost about £¾ million a year.