§ Mr. NANNETTIasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he is authorised under Treasury regulations, in case of disability from sickness, to extend the leave of officers of his Department to a maximum period of six months on full pay and six months on half pay; if so, are these privileges usually granted to all civil servants employed under him, with the exception of those employed on the Ordnance Survey; and will he say why such privileges are withheld from officers serving in that Department?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe sick pay of the Civil assistants employed on the Ordnance Survey is the subject of special regulations, details of which are given in Appendix No. XII. of the Report of the Departmental Committee of 1891. The Committee recommended certain modifications of those regulations to which effect was duly given. Each case is considered on its merits, the period of sick-leave allowed varying according to the length and character of the service and the nature and cause of the illness.