§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what number of women were employed in the Civil Service in 1919 in the following grades: temporary typists and shorthand typists, temporary clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant, and temporary officers of junior administrative rank or over?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERThe total number of temporary female staff (excluding industrial staffs) on 1st July, 1919, was 115,000, but it is not possible to supply details of the various grades included in this total.
§ Lieutenant-Colonel MASONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Civil Service Commissioners now admit women to an examination by which successful candidates become eligible for the post of tax inspector; and, if so, why this step has been taken at a time when so many men are without employment?
§ Major BOYD - CARPENTERThe examination in question is a new one and the regulations which have, been framed provide for the admission of women to the competition. Their exclusion from this grade would appear to be incompatible with the provisions of the Sex Disqualification Removal Act and with the principles underlying the Resolution of this House of the 5th August, 1921, on the admission of women to the Civil Service.