§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the general considerations which govern the salary scales of the various grades of civil servants; and whether it is the practice to apply the appropriate scale, apart from the question of initial salary in the case of persons entering above the normal age, to all officers of a grade irrespective of their antecedents and the method by which entry to the grade concerned was secured?
§ Mr. R. McNEILLIt is not possible within the limits of an answer to a question to set out the considerations which must govern the fixing of salary scales for the many and diverse categories of civil servants in the employment of the State. The answer to the second part of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative, subject to any special conditions which may be applicable to particular individuals or classes.