§ Mrs. Cazalet Keirasked the Minister of Labour (1) how many women the Appointments Bureau has placed in senior administrative posts in the temporary Civil Service during the last year;
(2) how many administrative posts in the temporary Civil Service have been filled by the Appointments Bureau during the last year;
(3) how many women of first-class ad ministrative qualifications there are on the appointments register for whom posts have not been found?
§ Mr. BevinPrecise figures are readily available only for the posts described as those of principals and assistant principals. During the year ended 31st March, 1943, 67 persons were placed in temporary posts as principals and 176 as assistant principals by the appointments department. These figures include seven women principals and 149 women assistant principals. Statistics are not available as to the number of women of first-class administrative qualifications for whom posts have not been found.