§ Mr. SNELLasked the Minister of Health the total number of temporary clerical and typing grades employed in his Department on the 1st October, 1926, and on the 1st January, 1927, respectively?
§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINThe total number of temporary clerical officers, shorthand writers and typists employed in my Department on 1st October, 1926, was 920, and on 1st January, 1927, 850. The reduction was in the main due to a number of the temporary clerical officers having obtained permanent posts through the Southborough examination.