Mrs. Adamsonasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the salary paid to Miss Margaret Mary Downes, who has been appointed administrator in the Export Credits Guarantee Department of the Board of Trade; and whether this salary is the same as would be paid to a male administrator transacting exactly the same duties?
§ Mr. R. S. HudsonThe officer referred to was a successful candidate at the competitive examination held in 1939 for appointments to the assistant officer grade, and was appointed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department on 3rd October, 1939. Her commencing salary of £250 is the same as that paid to male officers of that grade. The men's scale rises to a maximum of £625 and the women's to a maximum of £510.