§ 130. Mr. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that numbers of temporary civil servants have a grievance as a result of the transferring of the R.A.P.C. office from Leicester to Salisbury Plain; and what steps are being taken to find work for those, especially ex-Servicemen, who are thus being displaced.
§ Mr. LawsonThe move of two Pay Offices, which are at present in Leicester, to Perham Down, Wilts, is planned to take place in the middle of June. The Pay Offices in question are occupying requisitioned premises which are urgently required either by the Board of Trade, for industrial purposes, or by the education authorities. No suitable alternative accommodation is available to the War Department in the vicinity. The names of all redundant temporary staff will be reported to the Ministry of Labour who will consider what steps it is necessary to take to find work for them including those among the number who are ex-Servicemen.