§ 109 and 110. Mr. D. Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) how many persons have passed the competitive examination for entry into the Bermuda Civil Service since it was instituted in 1949; of the successful candidates how many have been white and how many coloured people; how many of these, since passing, have been offered employment and have accepted employment in the Civil Service, respectively; how many of those who have been offered and who have accepted employment, respectively, have been white and how many have been coloured people; and what special qualifications they possessed to enable them to be appointed without passing the qualification;
(2) how many persons in Bermuda have been provided with employment in the clerical and shorthand typing grades in the Civil Service since 1949, who have not sat the competitive examination set up in that year; and of these persons so employed, how many have been white persons and how many coloured.
§ Mr. LytteltonI am consulting the Governor and will write to the hon. Member when the information is available.