HC Deb 17 February 1948 vol 447 c203W
84. Mr. Beswick

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many non-established civil servants there are with more than five years service; and how many of these were appointed on the understanding that they could qualify for establishment after four years satisfactory service.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Eighty thousand temporary clerks and 6,000 temporary messengers, who have served for five or more years in the Civil Service or in the Armed Forces. Corresponding figures for other grades are not centrally available. The answer to the second part is that no one was so appointed whose position was not duly reviewed after he had completed the four years.