HC Deb 01 December 1949 vol 470 cc116-7W
Mr. McKay

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury at what date prior to 1949 did his Department make authorisation for extra responsibility allowances to be payable in the Civil Service to officers in posts appropriate to a higher grade; and if it applied to all classes in the scientific section of the Civil Service.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The war-time arrangements for allowances in lieu of promotion were promulgated on 31st March, 1941. They did not expressly include or exclude any section of the Civil Service, individual cases being examined on their merits.

Mr. McKay

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the terms of the new authorisation that the principle of paying the rate for the job is to be applied to the Civil Service departments; and in which Departments and to which classes the new authorisation applies.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

The authorisation referred to, which is of general application, states that when an officer is appointed to carry out the full duties of a post in a higher grade, otherwise than by ordinary promotion machinery or in substitution for an absent officer, he should be paid the same mount as he would have been paid if promoted in the ordinary way.