Mrs. Adamsonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to advise Government Departments that those officers who have been denied establishment on grounds of age should be retained in the Civil Service under war conditions after reaching 65 years of age, provided that their health and efficiency remain unimpaired?
§ Captain CrookshankDepartments have discretion to retain unestablished staff beyond the age of 65 subject to the maintenance of health and efficiency. The decision in an individual case depends on whether retention is in the public interest and rests with the Department concerned.