§ Mr. Priceasked the Minister of Agriculture what are the numbers at the present time of the scientific staffs of this: agricultural research institutes and experimental stations in the several grades and ungraded; what are the salary scales applicable to each grade; whether similar figures are available for agricultural scientists and technicians employed by the W.A.E.C.s; whether these are graded on the same basis and with the same salary scales as those in the research institutes and experimental stations; and whether posts in the National Agricultural Advisory Service will be available to suitably qualified officers of the W.A.E.C.s on the termination of their present temporary appointments.
Mr. HudsonThe following two statements provide the particulars asked for in the first part of the Question in respect of Research Institutes and Experimental Stations grant-aided by the Ministry on the advice of the Agricultural Research Council. Agricultural research and experimental work is also carried out by numerous public and private bodies and persons; corresponding particulars of their scientific and technical employees are not available. The scientific and technical employees of War Agricultural Executive Committees are not graded on the same basis and with the same salary scales as employees of Agricultural Research Institutes and corresponding particulars in their case are not available.
All applicants with suitable qualifications will be considered for posts in the National Agricultural Advisory Service.
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NUMBERS OF SCIENTIFIC STAFF EMPLOYED AT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS. Grade. Number of Staff. Principal Scientific Officer … … 31 Senior Scientific Officer … … 25 Scientific Officer … … 103 Probationer … … 11 Ungraded … … 76 … … 246 The graded staffs employed at Research Institutes and Experimental Stations are, with few exceptions, permanent. About
GRADES AND SALARIES APPLICABLE TO SCIENTIFIC STAFF EMPLOYED AT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS. Principal Scientific Officer. Permanent. Temporary. Men … … … … £850 × 30 × £1,050 £850—£950 Women … … … … £680 × 30 × £850 £700—£800 Senior Scientific Officer. Permanent. Temporary. Men … … … … £680 × 25 × £680 £680–£800 Women … … … … £580 × 25 × £680 £580–£680 Scientific Officer. Permanent. Temporary. Men … … … … £400 × 18 × 454 × 25 × 580 (bar) × 25 × £680 £400—£650 Women … … … … £350 × 18 × 464 (bar) × 25 × £580 £350—£520 Probationer. Men … … … … £275 × 18 × £347 Women … … … … £275 × 12 × £320 Ungraded. The salaries range from £230 to £600 per annum, depending on duties, qualifications and experience. War bonus is payable in addition to the above salaries.