§ 96 and 97. Sir W. Anstruther-Grayasked the Secretary of State for War (1) to state the number of higher executive officers of the Civil Service employed by his Department today as compared with the figure in 1938 and the comparative annual cost to the Exchequer;
(2) state the number of senior executive officers of the Civil Service employed by his Department today as compared with the figure in 1938 and the comparative annual cost to the Exchequer.
§ Mr. HareFor the number of senior executive officers and higher executive officers in the War Department on 1st January, 1957, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to my Answer to his related Question of 4th March. The cost of the two grades in the coming year is estimated to be £145,000 for senior executive officers and £535,000 for higher executive officers. In 1938 there were 35 officers in grades approximately equivalent to senior executive officer, the annual cost of whom was about £25,000; and 120 in grades approximately equivalent to higher executive officer, the annual cost of whom was about £73,000.