HC Deb 13 July 1920 vol 131 c2170W
Mr. HURD

asked the Home Secretary when he proposes to increase the number of disabled ex-service men, which is now 597, on the temporary staff of the Board of Inland Revenue, in place of women, also temporarily employed, who now number 5,261?

Mr. BALDWIN

Since the 1st April last (the date of the return from which my hon. Friend's figures are taken) the systematic substitution of ex-service men for women on the temporary staff of the inland Revenue Department has been proceeding. The total number of ex-service men on the temporary staff of the Department on the 1st instant was 2,080, of whom 682 were disabled men.