§ Mr. BANFIELDasked the Secretary of State for War what is the minimum and maximum rate of pay of a departmental class clerical officer, third-grade, and of a general class clerical officer, respectively, employed in the London area by the War Office; and whether the two types of officer are recruited from the same examination?
§ Sir V. WARRENDERThe minimum and maximum rates for Grade III clerks of the War Department Departmental Clerical Class are:
Male.—£280 12s. and £252 15s. per annum.
Female.—£80 12s. and £215 3s. per annum.
As regards clerical officers of the general clerical class, the minimum and maximum rates are:
Male.—£285 and £350 per annum.
Female.—£285 and £262 10s. per annum.
It is only in the case of Royal Ordnance Factory establishments that clerks are appointed to the War Department Departmental Clerical Class from the clerical class examination.