§ Mr. Kirbyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the Civil Service rates of pay for shorthand typists and typists, in the London area and provinces respectively; and in which of the principal towns and cities there is a shortage of this type of labour.
§ Mr. DaltonThe present Civil Service rates of pay for shorthand typists in London range according to age from 52s. a week at age 16 to 84s. a week at age 22, with annual increments at the rate of 3s. a week beyond that figure to a maxi- 239W mum of 104s. a week. The corresponding amounts for typists are 48s., 72s. and 96s. a week. The rates in the provinces are in general 3s.. a week less than for London. Temporary typing staffs have hitherto been paid at lower rates, but are about to be brought on to the same scales as for permanent staffs. The principal towns and cities in which there is a shortage of this type of labour for Government service are London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Reading, Cambridge, Nottingham, Harrogate and Tunbridge Wells.