HC Deb 03 January 1913 vol 46 cc672-3W
Mr. HUGH BARRIE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there are forty-two clerks to surveyors of taxes now at the maximum salary attainable, and that some of them have been at such salary for a considerable time; whether these clerks are established Civil servants; and will he state on what grounds the Treasury refuse to sanction their promotion to second division rank, as recommended by the Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

There are forty-two clerks to surveyors of taxes who are now at the maximum salary attainable, of whom not more than five have been at that maximum for more than four years. All these clerks are established Civil servants. The Board of Inland Revenue have as yet made no recommendation to the Treasury, for the reason explained in my reply to the hon. Member on the 30th October last.

Mr. HUGH BARRIE

asked how many of the forty-two clerks to surveyors of taxes who have reached the maximum salary attainable have served for the following periods: From fifteen to twenty years, from twenty to twenty-five years, and from twenty-five to thirty years?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

Of the forty-two clerks referred to by the hon. Member, thirteen have served for periods of between fifteen and twenty year's, seventeen for periods of between twenty and twenty-five years, and seven between twenty-five and thirty years. The remainder have served less than fifteen years.