HC Deb 28 July 1952 vol 504 cc80-1W
82. Mr. Arbuthnot

asked the Minister of Supply how far it is possible to select those who perform their duties least efficiently when staff reductions in his Department take place.

Mr. Sandys

In making reductions of temporary non-industrial staff, persons who have been found unable to perform their duties with due efficiency are discharged first. Apart from these cases, the normal rule applied to staff in the lower grades is "last in, first out." In the higher grades, those who can most easily be spared are discharged first. These arrangements follow an agreement reached on the Civil Service National Whitley Council.

83. Mr. Arbuthnot

asked the Minister of Supply what regulations are operative in his Department to preclude officers and clerical grades from working together in the same room; how long these regulations have been in operation: and what was the origin of them.

Mr. Sandys

I know of no such regulations.