§ Mr. HICKSasked the Minister of Labour the number of employment clerks acting as employment officers in his Department and the number of such officers who have been so acting for six months or more; the number of employment clerks who are employed up to a maximum of 40 per cent. of their time on duties appropriate to the employment officer grade; and the number of employment officers and employment clerks in his Department serving substantively in those grades at the latest convenient date?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONOn 1st March, 285 employment clerks were drawing allowances for performing duties above their grade, and of these 202 had been in receipt of allowances for six months or more. The available records do not enable me to answer the second part of the question. The number of employment officers on 1st March was 1,895, and the number of employment clerks at the same date was 3,741.