HC Deb 30 March 1911 vol 23 c1667W
Mr. SNOWDEN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state how many second division clerks have been appointed to superior positions in the War Office since 1906; and what was the number of such promotions in the previous five years?

Colonel SEELY

The figures for the War Office and the Royal Army Clothing Department are as follows:—

From 1st January, 1906, to 20th March, 1911:—

  • To staff clerk, four.
  • To minor staff clerk, one.
  • To second-class assistant accountant (Army Accounts Department), eighty-eight.

From 1st January, 1901, to 31st December, 1905:—

  • To staff clerk, twenty-eight.
  • To minor staff clerk, two.
  • To first-class assistant accountant (Army Accounts Department), seven.
  • To second-class assistant accountant (Army Accounts Department), sixty-one.