HC Deb 19 March 1929 vol 226 cc1616-7W
Lieut.-Colonel JAMES

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of temporary ex-service clerks serving in all departments of the Civil Service who are eligible for consideration for appointment to permanent non-pensionable status under the provisions of the Government Memorandum of 12th January, 1925; the number of temporary Grade IV clerks serving in the War Department out-stations who are eligible for consideration for appointment to permanent non-pensionable status under the provisions of the Government Memorandum of 12th January, 1925; and the number of temporary ex-service clerks serving in all departments of the Civil Service since 12th January, 1925, who are ineligible for such consideration, together with the number of temporary Grade IV clerks serving in, the War Department out-stations since 12th January, 1925, similarly ineligible?

Mr. SAMUEL

Excluding War Department outstations, the total number of temporary ex-service clerks eligible under the Memorandum of 12th January, 1025, for appointment to permanent non-pensionable status ("P" Class) is approximately 5,500; the total number ineligible for appointment to that class is approximately 3,000. As regards War Department outstations, the number of Grade IV clerks who have not received appointment to permanent non-pensionable status ("P.U." Class) is approximately 1,750. The detailed composition of this figure is not recorded at the War Office, but it is known to include at least 800 clerks eligible for appointment to the "P.U." Class.