§ Mr. Piratinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women cleaners are employed directly by the Government; how many are employed indirectly 320W through contractors; what is the rate per hour to the women employed directly and the rate per hour paid to the contractors in the case of the women employed indirectly; and what information he has as to the rate paid by the contractors to the women employed by them on this work.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallAbout 19,000 non-industrial women cleaners are employed directly by the Government. In London they are paid 1s. 7¾d. an hour rising to 1s. 8¼d. after two years; in the provinces slightly less. In London some cleaning is done by contractors who employ 1,200 women at rates stated by the staff associations to be 2s. an hour or more. The Government pay the contractors 1s. 6½d. to 1s. 9d. per hundred square feet cleaned, which is no more than the cost of cleaning by direct labour.