Captain TERRELLasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether an official notice was issued from the Customs House, London, on 2nd January, 1922, adding the following posts to the establishment: Six superintendents of the second class; nine chief preventive officers, upper section; three chief preventive officers, lower section; and 16 preventive officers; how much their salaries in each case cost; and what is the reason for thus adding to the numbers of the service?
Mr. YOUNGThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The scales of pay of the posts in question, exclusive of bonus, are: Superintendent, 2nd Class, £450–£550; Chief Preventive Officer, Upper Section, £320–£400 (plus allowance of £32 10s.); Chief Preventive Officer, Lower Section, £240–£300 (plus allowance of £27 10s.); Preventive Officer, £l20–£200 (plus allowance of £22 10s.). The additional Superintendents and Chief Preventive Officers are required to take over the supervision of the water-guard staff at certain places from another and a higher paid branch of the Customs and Excise Service, the numbers of which are being reduced, and their appointment will therefore effect an economy on balance. The additional Preventive Officers are necessary to strengthen the revenue guard in certain places on the coast. In considering the number of posts to be added, due regard has been had to the necessity of economy.