HC Deb 27 March 1922 vol 152 cc969-70W
Mr. FORREST

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if the Civil Service Commissioners were consulted with reference to the transfer from the temporary staff to the establishment of Lieut.-Colonel Sir T. Duncan Rhind; and whether, in that case, he will state what their views on the subject were?

Mr. YOUNG

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Before issuing in Sir Duncan Rhind's favour a certificate of qualification as Museum, and the Imperial Institute, respectively; and what amount is received from admission charges or otherwise in the form of annual revenue at each of these institutions?

Mr. YOUNG

The total cost of maintaining the national museums at South Kensington (apart from certain charges of a minor character for stationery and postal services and superannuation) for the last complete financial year (1920–21) was as follows:—

Director of Statistics in the Ministry of Pensions, the Civil Service Commissioners satisfied themselves that he was fully qualified for the appointment.