§ Mr. Masonasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department with salaries of more than £1,500 per annum who on resigning or retiring during 1946–51 took up posts with industrial firms, signifying which of these did so within two years of leaving the Civil Service in cases requiring the approval of his Department, and also naming the firms they joined; and if he will indicate how many of those so affected were specially kept on until the end of the war period.
§ Mr. C. Orr-EwingFrom records now available two such cases have been identified although others may well exist. The first was a Director of Operational Research who was given permission to join Tube Investments Limited in 1949; the second was a Director of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs who in 1950 was given permission to join the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. Neither was specially retained.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many civil servants in his Department during the past 10 years have waived any part of their pension rights when accepting posts in industrial firms within two years of their retirement from the Civil Service.
§ Mr. C. Orr-EwingNone.