§ Mr. NAYLORasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many civil servants in his Department take an annual holiday in excess of three weeks, four weeks, five weeks, and six weeks, respectively; what is the aggregate number of weeks in excess of three weeks so taken; and what would be the salary value per annum of the time so taken in excess of three weeks?
Mr. DAVIDSONIt would be impossible, without very great expense of time and labour, to provide the particulars required by the hon. Member. The review suggested would involve a detailed examination of the records of every civil servant in the Admiralty, since not every officer actually takes the leave which is allowed by the authorised scales. The allowance of leave to civil servants in the Admiralty follows that in force in Public Departments generally, in the case of certain classes, which are common to most Government Departments, these scales being shown in the Report of the Joint Committee of the Civil Service National Whitley Council on Organisation, dated 17th February, 1920. As regards other civil servants in the Admiralty and purely Departmental classes, the leave allowance is based on that prescribed for general Civil Service classes.