§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether the head of the establishment Department is a Civil Service clerk of military age, lent from the Board of Education, where his graded salary is £350 per annum; whether in transfer to the Ministry he received an additional salary of £425, making his starting salary £750; whether the annual increment of his grade is £25, and he received an increase since the Armistice of six times that amount; whether he was one of the four Civil Service clerks who drew the so-called Zeppelin allowance of £1 per night, and is now drawing a total emolument of £1,000 a year; if so, whether he will explain this increase which would cease on his reversion to the Board of Education; and whether the head of a Department is permitted to add to his emoluments by drawing any extra allowances, such as the one under reference which was granted to his clerks?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThe head of the Department referred to is thirty-eight years of age, was seconded for service in the Ministry in September, 1915, from the Board of Education where he was an Examiner on the higher staff of the Board, his salary being £400 with annual increments of £25 up to a maximum of £600. Applications from this officer to be released for military service were refused by the Board of Education and the Ministry of Munitions. He received no additional salary on transfer to the Ministry, but from time to time since May, 1916, was granted allowances to make his remuneration commensurate with his increased responsibilities. For some time he acted as one of the four resident officers appointed by the Minister. The increase referred to since the Armistice was granted, with Treasury sanction, to bring his salary up to £1,000, which is the minimum of the scale of salary assigned to the important position he holds. It is not possible for any official to add to his emoluments in the manner suggested in the last part of the question.