§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of
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Duchess of ATHOLLThe following are the figures for the nearest date for which returns were made in each year:
established industrial civil servants who are granted leave with pay, and the cost of doing this; the additional cost which would be incurred by granting one week's leave with pay per annum to the industrial civil servants employed in His Majesty's dockyards; and the reason why civil servants of the industrial grades employed in His Majesty's dockyards are not allowed leave with pay, comparable with the industrial grades employed by other Departments of the State?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe reply to the first part of the question is about 2,000, and the cost about £10,000 a year; to the second part, about £200,000 a year; the last part does not arise, since employés of the industrial grades in the service of other Departments of State are not in general allowed leave with pay.