§ Mr. DUCKWORTHasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of persons at present or at some convenient recent date employed in the following grades in the Imperial Civil Service: administrative class, principals and assistant principals; executive class,
— Men. Women. Total. Assistant Principals (Administrative Class) (£200-£500) 301 9 310 Principals (Administrative Class) (£700-£900) 374 3 377 Executive Officers (General Executive Class) (£100-£400) 2,381 43 2,424 Higher Executive Officers and Staff Officers on the scale £400-£500. 1,640 89 1,729 Posts in Executive Establishments on the scale £550-£700 479 5 484 Clerical Officers (General Clerical Class) (£60-£250) 15,650 5,340 20,990 Higher Clerical Officers (General Clerical Class) (£300-£400) 2,061 472 2,533 The above particulars relate to the numbers of officers employed in the above grades on 1st October last. Acting officers are shown in the grades in which they are acting. The group "Higher Executive Officers and Staff Officers" includes a number of posts on the scale £400-£500, e.g., in clerical establishments, which cannot be shown separately. The scales quoted are the basic rates for men in London. The numbers given cover provincial as well as London staffs.