§ Mr. WILMOTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education to what extent machines have been substituted for hand clerical labour in his Department; and what is the estimated annual saving deriving from the substitution, allowance being made for the purchase and/or renting of machines, maintenance thereof, and material used in connection therewith?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMThe hon. Member refers, I presume, not to the ordinary calculating and adding machines, which are a common feature of modern office equipment, but to the machines used for the preparation of the Board's statistics. Owing to changes in the Board's work and staffing since the machines were installed in 1928 on the centralisation of their statistical work,
year Dartmouth. Special Entry. Commissions from Lower Deck. Executive. Engineering. Executive. Engineering. 1930… … … … 110 11 23 6 4 1931… … … … 97 14 20 12 4 1932… … … … 100 16 16 8 4 1933… … … … 105 23 11 6 4 1934… … … … 99 26 12 5 4 1935 (Estimated) … … 120 37 12 * 4
Year. Paymaster Cadets. First Appointment in the Royal Marines. 1930 … … … 19 10 1931 … … … 28 6 1932 … … … 26 16 1933 … … … 25 14 1934 … … … 28 25 1935(Estimated) … 25 21 * The number actually promoted will depend largely on the qualifications of the candidates coming forward.