Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Secretary of State for War the number of military officers, military clerks, civil servants, pre-War ex-soldier clerks, and temporary staff employed at the War Office for the years 1923–24, 1924–25, and during the present year, respectively?
§ Captain D. KINGThe information is as follows:
overtime in connection with the administration of the new Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act; and whether, in view of the fact that 699W women clerks under notice from the Ministry of Pensions or recently discharged from the Ministry of Pensions, and who are experienced in a very similar kind of work, are available for employment, he will consider the advisability of employing such persons rather than of working existing staffs overtime?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. In reply to the latter part I would refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for Wandsworth (Sir H. Jackson) on the 23rd ultimo.