§ Mr. CASSELSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the 106 ex-service candidates who sat for the examination for officers of Customs and Excise in September, 1921, who were declared 264W qualified to hold appointments and who were placed on the reserve list, have been informed that there is no prospect of an appointment; whether only 25 candidates remain to be appointed from the successful list; whether it has been decided that after these 25 have been appointed an open competitive examination will be held, for which most of the 106 qualified candidates will not be eligible owing to age: and whether steps can be taken to postpone the open competitive examination until after the 106 qualified candidates have been placed?
§ Mr. BALDWINIt is not at present anticipated that any of the candidates who were placed on the reserve list as a result of the examination for officers of Customs and Excise in September, 1921, will be offered appointments, and some of them have been so informed. The number of candidates remaining to be appointed from the successful list is 40. No decision has been taken as to the next examination.