§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many persons have been appointed to permanent positions in the Civil Service since the 1st August, 1914, without passing the regular examination; and how many of them had served at the front in the recent War?
§ Mr. BALDWINDuring the War the regular competitive examinations for male candidates of or approaching the military age were suspended, and general recruitment of the classes concerned was also suspended. Shortly after the Armistice a scheme of competitive selection by means of qualifying examination and personal interview was introduced to meet the circumstances of men who had been on active service in the War and consequently were not prepared for competitive examination. Under that scheme 395W 2,128 men have been appointed to permanent situations in the Home Civil Service, distributed as follows:—
Class I Clerks 181 Junior Appointments 190 British Museum Assistants 8 Officers of Customs and Excise 632 Customs and Excise, Preventive Men (Certificated) 29 Board of Education: Assistants in Science Museum 3 Foreign Office: Third Secretaries 53 King's Messengers 6 Consular Appointments 20 Inspectors of Factories 20 Clerks in Employment and Irish Departments, Ministry of Labour 779 Clerk or Deputy-Superintendents in Mercantile Marine Offices 31 Patent Office Assistant Examiners 46 Post Office Supplementary Clerks 130 2,128 Practically all the men so appointed had served in His Majesty's Forces during the War, but separate record has not been kept of those whose service was at the front.