§ Captain Anstruther-Grayasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in what Departments the 249 registered conscientious objectors in the Civil Service are serving; and what is the highest salary paid to any of these persons?
§ Captain CrookshankThe numbers of conscientious objectors in the Civil Service who have been registered unconditionally,1498W or conditionally upon their remaining in their civil employment, is now 272. I append a list of the Departments in which they are employed. As a result of the inquiries which it has been possible to make in the short time available, it would appear that the highest salary received by any of them is of the order of £290 a year.
A list of Departments in which are serving civil servants who have been registered unconditionally as conscientious objectors, or conditionally upon their remaining in their civil employment.
Admiralty 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 2 Air Ministry 6 Assistance Board 2 Civil Service Commission 1 Clearing Offices 1 County Courts Branch 1 Customs and Excise 28 Board of Education 5 Exchequer and Audit 1 Ministry of Food 1 Foreign Office 1 Ministry of Health 14 Home Office 3 Inland Revenue 23 Import Duties Advisory Committee 1 Ministry of Labour 7 Land Registry 1 Ordnance Survey 5 Prison Commission 1 General Register Office 1 Royal Courts of Justice 1 Post Office 135 Probate Registry 2 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 2 Scottish Education Department 1 Scottish Health Department 1 Scottish Home Department 1 Ministry of Shipping 2 Commissioner for the Special Areas 1 Board of Trade 2 Tithe Redemption Commission 2 Treasury 1 Ministry of Transport 7 War Office 1 Office of Works 3 272