§ Colonel DAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any instructions were issued to Departments as to the method to be adopted in granting service marks up to 250 in the cases of men sitting for the Southborough examination; if so, what were the instructions; whether he is aware that in some Departments no candidate was given more than 75 per cent. of the possible marks while in others the maximum number were awarded; and that, as this differentiation resulted in some cases in the failure of the candidate to pass, whether it is proposed to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. R. McNEILLI am sending to the hon. Member a copy of the form issued by the Civil Service Commission to Departments on which the Departmental Report on candidates at the Southborough examination was made, together with a copy of the covering memorandum. I am not aware that there is any differentiation between Departments as is implied in the last parts of the question, in as much as the final mark was in all cases awarded by the Civil Service Commissioners. I am not prepared to interfere with the awards made by the Commissioners.