§ Mr. HUTCHISONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Treasury retains the final right of insisting on the transference of redundant civil servants from one Department to another, or whether the head of a Department can decline to accept such transfers even when he is compelled to seek additional staff?
§ Major ELLIOTMy hon. Friend's question appears to be based on a misapprehension of the relations between the Departments and the Treasury. The transfer of redundant staff is arranged by the Treasury in consultation with the Departments concerned whose co-operation is readily forthcoming. There is no reason to suggest either that Departments refuse to accept redundant officers from other Departments in suitable cases or that transfer of such officers is insisted on by the Treasury where it would be detrimental to efficiency of the Service.