§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of qualified Southborough candidates who have been appointed to established posts to 31st January, 1927; and whether he can indicate the numbers appointed to the various departments in the Civil Service to the same date?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe number of qualified Southborough candidates appointed to established posts up to and including the 31st January, 1927, is 5,774; the corresponding figure up to and including the 31st March, 1927, is 7,173. I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the question is not available.