Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether Sir George Beharrel, who was Director of Finance at the Ministry of Transport at £2,500 per annum, was afterwards appointed Secretary to the Committee on National Expenditure; whether he has since been re-appointed as Director of Finance at the Ministry of Transport at £5,000 per annum; and whether any extra duties now fall upon him in respect of this increased salary?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe salary of this officer was raised to £5,000 per annum on the 16th October, 1921, on his appointment to the post of Treasury representative in the Ministry of Transport in succession to Sir Hardman Lever, concurrently with which he held the post of Joint Assessor to the Committee on National Expenditure. His salary has been continued at the same rate on his appointment to the post of Principal Finance Officer at the Ministry of Transport, which has been sanctioned for the 47W period to the end of the calendar year, in view of the special questions arising out of the railway companies claims. The special post of Treasury representative has been abolished. He also discharges without extra remuneration the duties of the posts of Director of Finance and Statistics in the Ministry, for which a salary of £2,500 per annum was previously paid.