§ Mr. McENTEEasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the highest figure reached in his Department for the employment of women prior to 1920 in the following civilian grades: temporary typists and shorthand typists, temporary clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant, and temporary officers of junior administrative rank or over?
§ Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOXThe highest figure reached in the Board of Trade (excluding Department of Overseas Trade) for the employment of women, was 479W in April, 1919. The numbers in the following civilian grades were
Typists and shorthand typists 746 Temporary clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant 1,796 Temporary officers of junior administrative assistant rank and over 82
§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of women temporary employés in his Department who sat for the special writing assistants examination in 1920, but have not been hitherto regarded as qualified for establishment positions?
§ Captain CRAIGThe number of female temporary staff employed in my Department who sat for the writing assistants' examination in 1920, but failed to reach the qualifying standard, is 932.
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Agriculture the highest figure reached in his Department for the employment of women prior to 1920 in the following civilian grades: temporary typists and shorthand-typists, temporary clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant, and temporary officers of junior administrative rank or over?
§ Sir R. SANDERSThe particulars are as follow:
Grade. Highest Number. Date. Temporary Typists and Shorthand Typists. 126 1st April, 1919. Temporary Clerks below rank of Junior Administrative Assistant. 487 1st Sept., 1919. Temporary Officers of Junior Administrative rank or over. 40 1st April, 1919.
§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what was the highest figure reached for the employment of civilian temporary women clerks in regimental record offices prior to October, 1920; whether at that date there were any uniform men employed on similar duties who had never seen overseas service; and what proportion of these men and women, respectively, are still employed on clerical, as apart from typewriting, duties for his Department?
480W
§ Mr. LUNNasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what was the highest number of temporary woman clerks who were employed in industrial establishments and as civilian subordinates or in other clerical capacities with the Army Pay Corps, Forage Corps, Motor Transport, and other detachments with the Army Service Corps, and in other military detachments serving at home apart from enrolled members of the women's services; how many of these civilian women clerks were enrolled for the duration of the War or in other ways debarred from enrolment in the women's services and whether any section of women concerned were eligible for such gratuities as were paid to Army Pay Corps and other non-combatant men who served beside them in uniform?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSI regret that the figures asked for are not available at the War Office, and could not be compiled without much labour, the cost of which under present conditions would not be justified. Some soldiers medically unfit for service overseas were employed in Record Offices during and after the War, but. I could not say without inquiry how many, either of them or of the women employed before October, 1920, are still employed. The members of enrolled Women's Corps received certain demobilisation benefits, namely, 28 days' pay if mobile members, and 7 days' pay if immobile members, but did not receive the gratuity payable to enlisted soldiers.
§ Mr. WHITELEYasked the Minister of Health what was the highest figure reached in his Department for the employment of women prior to 1920 in the following civilian grades: temporary typists and shorthand typists, temporary clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant, and temporary officers of junior administrative rank or over?
§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINThe greatest number of women temporarily employed in my Department prior to 1920 was 2,336 on the 1st September, 1919. Of these, 58 were temporary typists and shorthand typists, 2,260 were clerks below the rank of junior administrative assistant, and 18 were officers of minor administrative rank and over.