§ Mr. FENBYasked The Financial Secretary to the Treasury the average annual wastage in the established clerical classes of the Civil Service from the following sources: Promotion, retirement, resignation, and death, respectively?
Mr. SAMUELI would refer the hon. Member to the answers given on the 27th February and 13th March last to the hon. Member for Edge Hill (Mr. Hayes), 1185W of which I am sending him a copy, giving certain particulars of deaths, and retirements on account of ill-health. Corresponding particulars for retirements on reaching the age limit are as follow:
Established Clerical Grades. 1923–24. 1924–25. 1925–26. Men … … 74 101 103 Women … … 10 14 16 Owing to the abnormal age distribution of the Service at the present time, resulting from the methods of recruitment of the clerical classes adopted since the War, I fear that it is not possible to deduce from the particulars as to earlier years an accurate estimate as to the probable average annual wastage in the established clerical classes of the Civil Service under present conditions.