§ Mr. GRANTasked the President of the Board of Education if he will state what appointments at the Board of Education were subject to open competition through the Civil Service Commission in 1902; what corresponding appointments are there now; how many appointments on the higher grades of the staff of the Board of Education have been made each year since December, 1902, after open competition and without competition conducted by the Civil Service Commission, respectively; how many of these appointments, and which of them, have been by promotion from the staff; and how many by selection of persons not previously on the staff of the Board?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe appointments to the staff of the Board which were subject to open competition through the Civil Service Commissioners in the year 1902 were Second Division clerkships, boy clerkships, and women clerkships. The same appointments remain subject to open competition at the present time. The statement appended furnishes an answer to the rest of the question:—
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BOARD OF EDUCATION. APPOINTMENTS on the Higher Grades of the Staff (other than promotion from one post to another within the "Higher Grades") since December, 1902, (a) = by promotion, (b) = by selection of persons not previously on the Staff of the Board. (No appointments to the Higher Grades of the Staff have been, within the period named, subject to open competition through the Civil Service Commissioners.) Rank. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. Totals. a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b a. b Permanent Secretary, Welsh Department … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … 1 Accountant-General … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Director of Special Inquiries and Reports … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Architect … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Principal Assistant Secretaries … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Legal Assistant … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … 1 Senior Examiners … … … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … 1 Junior Examiners … 4 … 5 … 10 … 1 1 9 … 13 … 6 … … … 2 1 50 Assistant Estates Clerk … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … 1 Inspectorate, Chief Inspector, Elementary Branch … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … 2 Inspectorate, Chief Inspector, Secondary Schools Branch … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Inspectorate, Chief Inspector, Wales … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … 1 Inspectorate, Staff Inspectors of Secondary Schools … … … 3 … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … 4 Inspectorate, H.M. Inspectors (All Branches) 1 … … 1 1 9 … 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 4 13 23 Inspectorate, Junior Inspectors … 8 2 9 … … … 1 … 3 1 6 … 7 1 17 … 5 4 56 Inspectorate, Chief Woman Inspector … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Inspectorate, Women Inspectors … … … … … 5 … 3 … 2 … 2 … 2 … … … 1 … 15 Medical Department, Chief Medical Officer … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … 1 Medical Department, Assistant Medical Officer … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Medical Department, Medical Officer (Woman) … … … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … 1 Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … 1 Geologists … … … … … 1 … … … 1 … … … 1 … … … … … 3 Registrar and Deputy Head Master of the Royal College of Art … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1 Instructors, Royal College of Art … … … … … … … … … 1 … … … … … … … … … 1 Totals 1 16 2 20 1 27 … 7 3 21 3 25 3 21 4 21 1 12 18 170 In addition to the above appointments there have been seventeen appointments to the Higher Staff after limited competition conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, namely, to the Posts of Museum Assistant and Geologist. Whilst there has been one promotion (that in 1907) from the Second Division to the Higher Grades of the Staff there have been during the period covered by this Return thirty-three promotions from the Second Division to Staff Clerkships, with supervisory and other important duties.